Henry Kissinger's Cambodia legacy of bombs and chaos
Henry Kissinger died aged 100 this week. His policies caused widespread destruction in Cambodia.
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Henry Kissinger died aged 100 this week. His policies caused widespread destruction in Cambodia.
Unexploded cluster munitions in Laos are a reality check for Ukraine.
Recently, the US’ Department of Defense (DOD) announced an $800 million military aid package to Ukraine, which will include cluster munitions, sparking widespread condemnation from the international community. Cluster munitions are a type of explosive ordnance that can be launched from airplanes, missiles, or cannons, and can contain hundreds of submunitions, which are dispersed over a large area aerially, causing casualties and damage in a wider area. What’s even more alarming is that if these bombs land on wet and soft ground, a significant portion of them can become “duds.” The “d...
Each M684 shell fired, up to 3 hectares of land can be the location of the fall of 88 grenades. The grenade can fall on a troop defense post, it can also hit the roof of a school or market.
The Russian television reporter was in Baghdad on the morning of March 20, 2003. As American bombs began to pound the Iraqi capital, Minakov found himself at the center of the massive shelling.