Cluster bombs have been widely condemned for causing thousands of civilian deaths, some many years after the weapon was used in combat. Some of the submunitions, or bomblets, they release can remain unexploded on impact until triggered by passersby. Despite 112 states signing up to the international Convention on Cluster Munitions that prohibits their use, transfer and stockpiling, free trade persists among non-signatories.

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