{"id":8384,"date":"2022-03-04T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8384"},"modified":"2022-03-05T01:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:32:36","slug":"has-russia-resorted-to-the-use-of-cluster-bombs-and-vacuum-bombs-in-the-ongoing-war-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/has-russia-resorted-to-the-use-of-cluster-bombs-and-vacuum-bombs-in-the-ongoing-war-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Russia resorted to the use of cluster bombs and vacuum bombs in the ongoing war (on Ukraine)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Human rights groups accused Russia of using dangerous bombs<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-03-04T23:50:00+05:30\">4th March 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">International humanitarian law is a set of rules that seek to limit the effects of armed conflict. Launching indiscriminate attacks that kill or injure civilians is a war crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>What are cluster munitions?<\/strong>&nbsp;These are weapons that are designed to injure or kill people indiscriminately over a large area while also destroying vehicles and infrastructure such as runways, railways, and power transmission lines. It can be dropped from an aircraft or launched in a projectile that spins in flight, scattering a large number of bomblets as it travels. Many of these bomblets do not explode but instead, remain on the ground, often partially or completely hidden and difficult to locate and remove, posing a threat to civilians long after the fighting has stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Demonstration_cluster_bomb.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Demonstration_cluster_bomb.jpeg 762w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Demonstration_cluster_bomb-300x236.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Demonstration_cluster_bomb-585x461.jpeg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">What is the Convention on Cluster Munitions? It is a united Nations-adopted legal instrument that prohibits all use, production, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster munitions. The countries that are not parties are the US, Russia, China, Pakistan, India, and Israel, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is a thermobaric weapon?<\/strong>&nbsp;Thermobaric weapons \u2014 also known as<strong>&nbsp;Vacuum bombs<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 suck in oxygen from surrounding areas to generate high-voltage explosions. A vacuum weapon causes significantly greater devastation than a conventional bomb of comparable size and can vapourize humans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">They can be fired as rockets or dropped from aircraft. The weapon goes off in two separate stages. As they hit their target, a first explosion splits open the bomb\u2019s fuel container, releasing a cloud of fuel and metal particles over a large area. A second explosion then occurs, igniting the aerosol-cloud into a massive ball of fire and unleashing powerful blast waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Any international law or agreement does not prohibit vacuum bombs.&nbsp;<\/strong>Still, their use against civilian populations in built-up areas, schools, or hospitals, could attract action under the<strong>&nbsp;Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.&nbsp;<\/strong>Hague Convention is a series of international treaties establishing the laws and customs of war in the strict sense by defining the rules that belligerents must follow during hostilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/defence\/what-are-thermobaric-weapons-and-why-should-they-be-banned\/articleshow\/89964839.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economictimes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human rights groups accused Russia of using dangerous bombs International humanitarian law is a set&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,437,426],"class_list":["post-8384","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-march-2022","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a0Has Russia used cluster bombs and vacuum bombs?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What are cluster munitions?\u00a0These are weapons that are designed to injure 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