Palatkik Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/04/09/national/Cluster-bombs-not-used-in-border-clash-Sihasak-30152885.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 I thought Thailand admitted to using cluster bombs a few days ago. Where did they get the cluster bombs? From the USA? Raytheon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 China! Just like the deadly tear gas grenades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Since "Cambodia and Thailand are not among the 108 countries that have signed the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions..." ...then who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 It seems the argument is one of definition. The Thai military says the rounds are not cluster bombs, but the Cambodians insist they are. So the rounds are from China. They don't look like any I saw in RVN. US artillery fired rounds containing bomblets with wings that popped out so they would land properly and becoming sort of bouncing betty mines. We hated the damned things, since they would hang up in trees and sometimes drop on friendlies who happened to walk through the area long after they'd been fired. p.s. Of course the Cambodians intentionally fired on civilian targets with rockets and artillery, but that's all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Thats what it sounds like to me. The cluster bombs I have seen are pretty much unmistakable. But I have no idea what the Chinese make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 There was a diagram of the rounds in one of the papers. But as you say, if Cambodia hasn't signed the treaty what's their complaint? They fired HE rounds into homes and schools. The pot and the kettle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Top yes, seen them, they are US version. Bottom is individual bomblett yes.... Middle is just pretty claymores more or less. Looks more like art than a design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I was in the Central Highlands of RVN. Instead of New Guinea type jungle as I'd expected, we had hardwood forests with high canopy cover. Underneath it was almost clear of vegetation. The 155mm howitzers fired the rounds at the NVA, and many of the dang bomblets would catch in the tree tops. An infantry patrol passing by would shag them loose, our patrols and the bad guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Chinese Cluster Bombs in Sudan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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