Cluster munitions could be 'a force multiplier for Ukrainian airstrikes and artillery,' military and defense expert David Hambling told Newsweek.
, as they can place civilians in harm's way and detonate long after they are deployed.
The U.S., Ukraine and Russia are not signed up to a treaty prohibiting the production, use or stockpiling of cluster munitions.analysts had determined that dual-purpose improved conventional munitions , a type of cluster munition, would be"useful" for Ukraine, particularly against dug-in Russian troops.
But"the reason why you have not seen a move forward in providing this capability relates both to the existing congressional restrictions on the provision of DPICMs and concerns about allied unity," Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Laura Cooper, said during a Congressional hearing. The U.S. handing over cluster munitions could make it harder for Russian infantry forces to contain Ukrainian breakthroughs, Kaushal argued, adding they would also"help the Ukrainians to limit the effect of localized Russian counterattacks."
"In theory, cluster munitions could be a force multiplier for Ukrainian airstrikes and artillery, allowing them to inflict more damage with the same number of strikes," military and defense expert David Hambling told
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