: a canister of small individual bombs that is dropped from an aircraft
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The newspaper cited military officials as saying the missile carried a conventional warhead, not a cluster bomb, and that several attempts to intercept it had failed.—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 Israel's military says Iran is firing cluster bombs that can evade some air defenses and scatter submunitions across multiple locations.—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026 Israel’s military says Iran is firing cluster bombs that can evade some air defenses and scatter submunitions across multiple locations.—Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026 Multisite impacts have become a hallmark of the war, as Israel’s military says Iran is firing cluster bombs that can evade some air defenses and scatter submunitions across multiple locations.—Sam Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cluster bomb