Last US cluster bomb manufacturer ends production

Posted on 7 Sep 2016 by Michael Cruickshank

The final company in the US manufacturing controversial cluster bombs announced last week that it would end production of these munitions.

Textron Systems, a Rhode Island based aerospace and defense company, had for many years produced the CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon – a 1000-pound cluster munition. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission however, the company announced that it would be ending the production of this weapon. β€œThe plan provides for Textron Systems…

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