: a small bomb
especially
: one of the many small bombs that make up a cluster bomb
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Advertisement Cluster bombs, outlawed in more than 120 countries, explode in the air over a target, releasing dozens to hundreds of smaller bomblets across an area potentially as big as several football fields.
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Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
While some versions of the missiles can go as far as about 180 miles, the ones sent to Ukraine have a shorter range and carry cluster munitions, which, when fired, open in the air, releasing hundreds of bomblets rather than a single warhead.
—Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
Analysts say that as many as 40 percent of the bomblets from Russia’s cluster munitions have resulted in duds.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 7 July 2023
Both Russia and Ukraine used the bomblets during the 18-month war well before the American shipment arrived in mid-July, but with a crucial distinction.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
Cluster bombs explode in the air over a target, releasing dozens to hundreds of bomblets across an area as wide as several football fields.
—John Hudson and Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
Cluster munitions scatter unguided submunitions, or bomblets, as small as 20 kilograms over a large area, maybe the size of several football fields.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 July 2023
Cluster munitions carry dozens of smaller bomblets that disperse when detonated and have been banned by more than 100 countries because unexploded bomblets can pose a risk to civilians for years after fighting is over.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 July 2023
The weapons pack such bomblets into rockets, bombs, missiles and artillery shells that break apart midair and scatter the munitions over a large area.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 6 July 2023
Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
While some versions of the missiles can go as far as about 180 miles, the ones sent to Ukraine have a shorter range and carry cluster munitions, which, when fired, open in the air, releasing hundreds of bomblets rather than a single warhead.
—Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
Analysts say that as many as 40 percent of the bomblets from Russia’s cluster munitions have resulted in duds.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 7 July 2023
Both Russia and Ukraine used the bomblets during the 18-month war well before the American shipment arrived in mid-July, but with a crucial distinction.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
Cluster bombs explode in the air over a target, releasing dozens to hundreds of bomblets across an area as wide as several football fields.
—John Hudson and Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
Cluster munitions scatter unguided submunitions, or bomblets, as small as 20 kilograms over a large area, maybe the size of several football fields.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 July 2023
Cluster munitions carry dozens of smaller bomblets that disperse when detonated and have been banned by more than 100 countries because unexploded bomblets can pose a risk to civilians for years after fighting is over.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 July 2023
The weapons pack such bomblets into rockets, bombs, missiles and artillery shells that break apart midair and scatter the munitions over a large area.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 6 July 2023
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