'Rather than add to the chaos and side-step the rules of the global system,' said ArmsControlNow executive director DarylGKimball, Biden should clarify that 'cluster munitions need not and should not be part of the conflict in Ukraine, or in any war.'
this policy," said Kimball."It is why Congress, in 2018, enacted a series of export restrictions on cluster munitions with a failure rate in excess of 1%."
"The Pentagon has, unfortunately, dragged its feet and in 2017 the Trump administration announced the 2018 deadline for phasing out non-compliant cluster munitions would not be met," he added."No new deadline for meeting that goal was set by the Trump administration or the Biden administration.","The decisions we make over the next five years are going to determine and shape our lives for decades to come… a choice between chaos and stability.
Kimball on Thursday referenced that February statement and said,"Rather than add to the chaos and side-step the rules of the global system, President Biden should have made it clear that cluster munitions need not and should not be part of the conflict in Ukraine, or in any war."Cluster munitions are designed to disperse or release explosive submunitions, each of which weighs less than 20 kilograms, and includes those explosive submunitions. The U.S.
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