: a small bomb
especially
: one of the many small bombs that make up a cluster bomb
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Rather than a conventional warhead, a cluster munition warhead carries dozens of submunitions that can explode on impact, showering small bomblets around a large area and posing major safety risks on the ground.
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Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Cluster munitions release submunitions, or bomblets, which can spread over a wide area and pose a significant threat to civilians.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Cluster bombs are banned by more than 100 countries because of their devastating impact, spreading multiple submunitions or bomblets over an area as large as a city block, and that can kill, maim, and also lie dormant until triggered.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
After Russia invaded in force in 2022, Ukrainian units quickly acquired and flew drones at a larger scale, for reconnaissance, coordinating fire support and dropping bomblets.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Cluster munitions release submunitions, or bomblets, which can spread over a wide area and pose a significant threat to civilians.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Cluster bombs are banned by more than 100 countries because of their devastating impact, spreading multiple submunitions or bomblets over an area as large as a city block, and that can kill, maim, and also lie dormant until triggered.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
After Russia invaded in force in 2022, Ukrainian units quickly acquired and flew drones at a larger scale, for reconnaissance, coordinating fire support and dropping bomblets.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Bomblet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomblet. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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