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cluster bomblet

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Noun1.cluster bomblet - one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
bombie - an unexploded bomblet; "unexploded bomblets known in Laos as `bombies' caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields"
cluster bomb - bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area; "cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely"


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Israel dropped some four million cluster bomblets in Lebanon during the last few days of the July war.
Department of State - to raise money to continue clearing thousands of unexploded cluster bomblets in Lebanon.
Israel rained millions of cluster bomblets on southern Lebanon in the final stages of its invasion of the country in 2006.
 
 
 
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