U.S. Cluster Bomb Manufacturer Shuts Down Supply Chain Ahead of Critical Report
The last remaining cluster munitions maker in the US dropped out of the business ahead of a report showing that the illegal bombs are still being deployed in war zones around the world. In its seventh annual report, the Cluster Munitions Monitor primarily implicated Russia, Syria, and Saudi Arabia for their ongoing use of cluster bombs, which were banned by more than 100 countries in 2008. The report noted, however, that many of the illegal munitions used–particularly in Saudi Arabia’s air campaign against Yemen–were produced…