One of the closest calls we had was actually when a Marine stepped on a bomblet from a cluster bomb. |
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Others were walking in their fields and accidentally stepped on an unexploded bomblet from a cluster bomb. |
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That's small comfort to small children or farmers who have lost their legs after an encounter with a cluster bomblet. |
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Each bomblet is designed to erupt into a deadly fireball containing 300 blades of armor-penetrating shrapnel. |
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Each bomblet is the size of a soft drink can and, depending on the flight of the bomb, can be scattered over wide areas. |
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I remember when bomblet burst upon the scene in 1986, an entry in 12,000 Words, a supplement to Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary. |
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This affordability is essential for the high volume bomblet and grenade filled warheads used in modern artillery, rocket and air dispensed systems. |
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