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Pentagon reveals preferred munitions for one-way attack drones

The list includes Northrop Grumman and several startups competing to supply low-cost payloads compatible with any drone ...
Defense One

Army looks to field loitering munitions next year

The Army may start fielding loitering munitions by the middle of next year amid a push to adopt innovative technology seen in Ukraine, the head of Army Futures Command said Wednesday. “I think you’ll ...
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Green Mountain will undergo full sweep for historic military munitions in 2024 after years of small searches

Signs near some of the trailheads warn visitors that "pieces of spent artillery shells from prior to World War II have been found in the park," including potentially "unexploded pieces of artillery." ...
The New York Times

Here’s What Cluster Munitions Do and Why They Are So Controversial

Here’s a guide to why this type of weapon is controversial and widely banned — and why Kyiv wants it. By Victoria Kim Gaya Gupta and John Ismay The United States agreed on Friday to provide Ukraine ...
Defense One

The Navy wants next-generation munitions, so it’s spending millions on innovation hubs

The Maryland hub is the second facility the Navy and ACMI have embarked on. The first was the National Security Industrial ...
Yahoo

The US will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package: AP sources

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine and is expected to announce on Friday that the Pentagon will send thousands as part of a new military aid ...
Task & Purpose

The Marine Corps is doubling down on loitering munitions ahead of the next big war

If there’s one major lesson the Marine Corps leaders have taken from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s that swarming loitering munitions are the way of the future. As part of the Marine ...
Human Rights Watch

Cluster Munitions: Gains in Stockpile Destruction, Clearance

(Geneva, September 14, 2023) – The news that three countries have destroyed their stocks of cluster munitions highlights the global rejection of the weapon despite its recent use, production, and ...
Business Insider

Ukraine's most controversial weapons aren't a 'silver bullet,' but they are giving Kyiv's forces what they desperately needed

It's been several weeks since Ukraine received controversial cluster munitions from the US, and Kyiv's forces have been making good use of the deadly weapon to hammer Russian positions on the ...
CBS News

U.S. could decide this week whether to send cluster munitions to Ukraine

The U.S. could make a decision on whether to approve the delivery of controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine as soon as this week, U.S. officials told CBS News on Wednesday. Cluster munitions carry ...
CNN

US to send cluster munitions banned by over 100 nations to Ukraine after months of debate

The US will send cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package, national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed on Friday, following months of debate within the Biden ...