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Originally posted by stevepaa
"The ball-type submunitions are APERS. They are very small and are delivered on known concentrations of enemy personnel, scattered across an area. Like a land mine, it will not blow up until pressure is put on it. "
So these are perfectly acceptable to use near civilians?
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The standard appears to be very finely applied. I've seen news reporters go to great lengths to condemn suicide bombers for packing their bomb jackets with ball bearings or other shrapnel. But if we or our allies drop area antipersonnel munitions ('area denial' is such an innocuous-sounding phrase, why don't the Palestinians pick it up for their press releases?) then we are only inflicting unintended collateral damage.