Israel and iran are trying their best to cause maximum damage to each other. Meanwhile, israel has made a big allegation on Iran, israel has said that iran has used cluster bombs to attack it. As per Israeli claims, at least one of the missiles launched by iran on june 19 had a cluster bomb in its warhead.
If there is truth in this, then it would be a violation of international rules, because there is an international ban on the use of cluster bombs. However, there are many countries which have this bomb. Let us tell you how dangerous it is compared to nuclear bombs and why it has been banned.
How dangerous is cluster bomb?
There was controversy all over the world regarding cluster bombs, as a result of which this type of weapon was banned under a treaty in the year 2008. It is a group of small bombs, when fired, they split in the air and can easily destroy a large area. They were designed in such a way that a large area can be targeted. They are fired from planes, artillery and missiles and mainly target infantry units or any unit or contingent of the enemy country's army. Due to their ability to be fired from both air and ground, they are compared to nuclear bombs.
Nuclear bombs have the ability to destroy an entire city, while cluster bombs drop many small bombs in one area, the destruction caused by them is limited, but the area of impact is more. The radius of destruction of a nuclear bomb is 5 to 10 kilometers, the radius of a cluster is within 1 to 2 kilometers with hundreds of explosions. Nuclear bombs have been used only in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but cluster bombs have been used in many countries of the world and in many wars. Cluster bombs sometimes do not explode at the time, after being buried for a long time, they can suddenly explode at any time, causing huge devastation in that area.
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