Originally Posted by
cokecan
how much would a US CBU cost - surely attacking convoys with individual guided weapons is economic suicide?
Convention on Cluster Munitions is an international treaty that prohibits the use, transfer and stockpile of cluster bombs, a type of explosive weapon which scatters submunitions ("bomblets") over an area.
The treaty was signed by the UK, but not the U.S. which said that the development and introduction of "smart" cluster munitions, where each submunition contains its own targeting and guidance system as well as an auto-self-destruct mechanism, means that the problematic munitions are being removed from its inventory.
Here is a look at a "smart" CBU at work: