Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air-dropped or ground-launched munitions that eject a number of smaller submunitions ('bomblets'). The most common types are intended to kill enemy personnel and destroy vehicles. Submunition based weapons designed to destroy runways, electric power transmission lines, deliver chemical or biological weapons, or to scatter land mines have also been produced. Some submunition based weapons can disperse non-munition payloads, such as leaflets.
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