submunition

Cluster bombs, designed with "submunition" ordnance to set off a chain-reaction of explosions, became an important part of the US conventional military arsenal in the 1960s.

Hullabaloo 2008

They also inspected the remnants of a cluster submunition and interviewed witnesses to two other such attacks.

NATO Echoes Allies' Call for Gadhafi's Departure Sam Dagher 2011

Taiwan will also require asymmetrical weapons such as submunition carrying surface-to-surface missiles and electromagnetic launch or "rail gun" weapons, expected to be ready in a few years.

Taiwan in the Lurch Jr. Richard D. Fisher 2011

And what he wants him to do is not only join the land mine ban, but enlarge it to include submunition systems.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Landmines and the Obama Administration 2009

For it was the development of the cluster bomb systems and other conventional submunition systems that made it less necessary for the US to continue fielding tactical nuclear shells and short range missile systems.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Landmines and the Obama Administration 2009

The report states that 34 missiles with submunition warheads could cover all parking ramps at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa.

Archive 2008-10-01 Michael Turton 2008

In March, three Kengkhuep boys, ages 10 to 12, picked up a BLU-26 submunition — the most common bomblet in Laos — and tried to crack it open.

USATODAY.com - 30-year-old bombs still very deadly in Laos 2003

BLU-26: A submunition packed into U.S. cluster bombs and used in the Vietnam War.

USATODAY.com - 30-year-old bombs still very deadly in Laos 2003

BLU-24 (BLU stands for "bomb live unit"): A submunition packed into U.S. cluster bombs and used in the Vietnam War.

USATODAY.com - 30-year-old bombs still very deadly in Laos 2003

Bomblet (also called submunition or grenade): A small explosive packed inside cluster bombs and cluster munitions.

USATODAY.com - Cluster bombs kill in Iraq, even after shooting ends 2003