Oliver Kamm: Cluster bombs: don’t ban them
Oliver Kamm The diplomatic efforts to ban cluster munitions, moreover, have costs. These weapons are not indiscriminate, and they do have a place in warfare. They are effective against moving or dispersed targets such as tank formations and airfields. If they are not used against such targets, then something else will be: probably rocket barrages or massed artillery. These have a humanitarian impact too - in civilian lives and in destroying infrastructure - and there will be more of them.
