itu untuk area denial. macam cluster bomb cuma bomblets dia tak meletup bila dia jatuh kat permukaan landasan. pastu kat base dia ada gerigi besi. gerigi ni akan tertanam kat landasan dan nak buang dia cukup susah. bomblets ni cukup sensitip. usik sikit, terus meletup. kalo meletup, berlubang la landasan.. meletup satu, berkemungkinan yang lain pon meletup gak. domino effect.
Sebab Israel gunakan cluster bombs di atas bandar di selatan Lebanon pada 2006. Bomblets tu kecil dan mudah tak dilihat, akibatnya ramai org awam mati free. Budak2 sekali. Itu sebab benda ni tiba-tiba jadi isu hangat.
OSLO, Norway – Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the U.S., Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians.
Norway, which began the drive to ban cluster bombs 18 months ago, was to be first to sign, followed by Laos and Lebanon, both hard-hit by the weapons.
Organizers said 88 countries were expected to sign on Wednesday and around 100 out of the world's 192 U.N. member nations will have signed by Thursday.
Cluster bomblets are packed by the hundreds into artillery shells, bombs or missiles that scatter them over vast areas. Some fail to explode immediately. The unexploded bomblets can then lie dormant for years until they are disturbed, often by children attracted by their small size and bright colors.
"Banning cluster bombs took too long. Too many people lost arms and legs," Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said as he opened the conference.
Washington, Moscow and other non-signers say cluster bombs have legitimate military uses such as repelling advancing troop columns. But according to the group Handicap International, 98 percent of cluster-bomb victims are civilians, and 27 percent are children.
The Bush administration has said that a comprehensive ban would hurt world security and endanger U.S. military cooperation on humanitarian work with countries that sign the accord.
Activists said ahead of the signing that they hope the treaty will nonetheless shame non-signers into shelving the weapons, as many did with land mines after a 1997 treaty banning them.
"Once you get half the world on board, its hard to ignore a ban," said Australian anti-cluster bomb campaigner Daniel Barty. "One of the things that really worked well with the land-mine treaty was stigmatization. No one really uses land mines," he said.
The anti-cluster bomb campaign gathered momentum after Israel's monthlong war against Hezbollah in 2006, when it scattered up to 4 million bomblets across Lebanon, according to U.N. figures.
"In southern Lebanon, for more than two years, children and the elderly have been victimized (by cluster munitions)," Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Saloukh said.
Norway called a conference to ban cluster bombs in February 2007. In May, more than 100 countries agreed to ban cluster bombs within eight years.
The treaty must be ratified by 30 countries before it takes effect.
"I think it's awesome that 100 countries are coming to Oslo to sign (the new cluster bomb treaty)," said American Jody Williams, who won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban land mines.
Malaysia to sign Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty, Singapore refuses..
No to cluster bomb pact
SINGAPORE will not sign an international agreement to ban cluster bombs but has imposed an indefinite moratorium on their export, officials said on Wednesday.
More than 100 nations have adopted the Convention on Cluster Munitions and are due to sign it in Oslo next month.
The agreement would prohibit the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions, which the United Nations has said 'cause human suffering both during conflicts and long after they have ended'.
Singapore said a blanket ban on cluster munitions is impractical because many countries see the need to use them for legitimate self-defence, a joint statement by the foreign and defence ministries said.
'Singapore remains committed to the responsible use of cluster munitions for self-defence and will continue to work with members of the international community to find a comprehensive solution to the humanitarian problems caused by its irresponsible and indiscriminate use,' the statement said.
It added that its immediate moratorium on exports of the bombs will ensure they will not be transferred to others who might use them irresponsibly and indiscriminately.
'Through this imposition, we help stem the proliferation of cluster munitions,' it said.
Singapore has one of Asia's most modern armed forces.
Major producers and stockpilers of cluster bombs, the United States, Russia, China, India, Israel and Pakistan, did not attend talks which led to the adoption of the Convention's text in May.
Dropped from planes or fired from artillery, cluster bombs explode in mid-air to randomly scatter hundreds of bomblets, which can be three inches (eight centimetres) in size.
Many cluster bomblets can fail to explode, posing a danger to people trying to resume their lives after war. -- AFP
apa senjata konvensional lain selain c.b. yg boleh buat area suppression tanpa membahayakan civvies selepas perang tamat? mlrs tanpa cluster munition efektif ker?
Kalau kita saje yg ban senjata ni tapi jiran kita tidak, sy rasa takde gunanya..takan kita nak guna senjata ni nak musnahkan negara kita..sudah tentu la kita tujukan kepada musuh kitakan... kalau musuh kita boleh guna , kita pun patut guna baru ada kesan impak maksima......kalau dak kita yang naya nanti..
Heheh itu teori 'Bomber' Harris pakai untuk menghalalkan area bombing RAF masa WW2...civvies kena bom sebab depa tulang belakang sebenar kapasiti berperang sesebuah negara sebab civvies le yang pasang tank, rifel, bom etc etc...so halal le jadi target...
Post time 10-6-2008 10:58 AM
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..kalau dak kita yang naya nanti..
tak bersalah kan ? tak perlu dipenjara di the hague .. 
