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2008-05-20 International-UN-NGOs

U.N. calls for cluster bomb ban at global gathering

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 This might be an interesting tech develoment and response to this lawfare :

Better Bombs: Scientists Develop Metal That Explodes on Impact

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-20 07:08|| 2008-05-20 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Representatives from than 100 nations are gathered in the Irish capital Dublin for two weeks of ~~drinking~~ talks ...

There. Much better...

Posted by Raj 2008-05-20 08:17|| 2008-05-20 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 U.N. calls for cluster bomb ~~ban~~ at global gathering

Possibly even better...

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-05-20 08:24|| 2008-05-20 08:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Just as long as they don't ban my Dense Inert Metal Infrared Incendiary High Explosive Armor Piercing Anti Personnel Heat Seeking Depleted Uranium White Phosphorus Napalm Hollow Point Laser Guided Flame Throwing Nuclear Neutron Cluster Flechette Munition.
Just to be safe, I put a warning label on it. For the children...

Posted by tu3031 2008-05-20 09:00|| 2008-05-20 09:00|| Front Page Top

#5 "often"? The explosion rate is good, and is getting better. as usual, to get their way, UNSG bonky moon lies by badmouthing the technology.

Bomblets not going off ARE bad for kids. And for business. We should call for a treaty demanding that expiration dates on cluster bombs be honored and a pledge to develop and use such bombs with a better than 97% explosion rate.
to obey expiration dates of cluster bombs and pledge to work toward a 100% explosion rate.

What's that? You really want a ban on a weapon that kills lots of frothy-mouthed primitives with delusions of world and religious domination? FOAD.

Posted by ptah">ptah 2008-05-20 09:20|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-05-20 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, make em better.
But in the meantime, keep dropping them on the bad guys.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-05-20 10:00|| 2008-05-20 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 How 'bout a ban on idiots who need to be cluster bombed? Oh, that's what the cluster bombs are for. Never mind...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-05-20 12:16|| 2008-05-20 12:16|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd be curious to see who sponsered this. I'm guessing someone connected to an arms supplier/manufacturer who doesn't sell cluster bombs but then I'm a cynic.

Still I should think it wouldn't be that hard to develop cluster bombs that would be unable to survive even if they failed to explode. A glass packet of or two of chemicals that when mixed explode should be enough so that when the bomb impacts, if it doesn't go up on its' own the glass breaks and the chemical explosion goes off, perhaps not doing the amount of hoped for damage but certainly frying the interior of the cluster bomb and rendering it harmless (and useless to our enemies).

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-05-20 12:28|| 2008-05-20 12:28|| Front Page Top

#9 DIAMIIHXAPAPHSDUWPNHLGFLTNNCFT

aka The Dhinimis Revenge

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-20 13:54|| 2008-05-20 13:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Can we develop a "Cluster Bomb" that only kills idiots?
Drop one on the UN, solve many problems right there.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-05-20 14:16|| 2008-05-20 14:16|| Front Page Top

#11 In the back of my mind is a memory of a "Sticky Bomb" A grenade coated with glue, thrown with teflon gloves, the fool who picks it up to throw back finds it stuck to his hand.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-05-20 14:20|| 2008-05-20 14:20|| Front Page Top

#12 #4 Just as long as they don't ban my Dense Inert Metal Infrared Incendiary High Explosive Armor Piercing Anti Personnel Heat Seeking Depleted Uranium White Phosphorus Napalm Hollow Point Laser Guided Flame Throwing Nuclear Neutron Cluster Flechette Munition.
Just to be safe, I put a warning label on it. For the children...

Tu SCORES! LOL! that says it all TU... >:)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-05-20 21:05|| 2008-05-20 21:05|| Front Page Top

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