Examples of using Submunitions in English and their translations into Chinese
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The ICRC is of the view that the characteristics of submunitions make them an immediate danger to civilians at the time of the attack.
It could also require that submunitions not be used in populated areas and that alternative weapons are considered.
That aspect of submunitions should also be addressed in the context of the Convention.
Turning to cluster bombs, the author indicates that the bombs'" submunitions" can saturate an area as large as several football fields.
These submunitions remain in place to pose a long-term threat to innocent civilians for years to come.
Since these submunitions are generally free-falling, incorrect use, wind, and other factors can cause them to strike well outside the intended target area.
Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have voiced their support for a new CCW Protocol on submunitions.
The basic version of the missile will carry payload capacity of up to 480 kg of conventional warheads or 54 combat submunitions of 7.5 kg each.
(b) improve to the extent possible the accuracy of their cluster munitions and submunitions described in Technical Annex B;
Proper employment, including decision-making, target reconnaissance, accurate delivery and the controlled release of submunitions.
The implications of the continued proliferation and eventual use of the billions of ageing submunitions in current cluster-munition stockpiles are alarming.
Technical improvements for relevant types of munitions, including submunitions, which could reduce the risk of such munitions from becoming ERW.
Submunitions often land in mud, sand, swamp, water or thick vegetation.
Since most submunitions are designed to explode on impacting a hard surface, this leads to many UXO.
The design of cluster munitions and their submunitions should be improved, and unexploded submunitions should be equipped with self-destruction, self-neutralization or self-deactivation mechanisms.
Explosive submunitions are designed to function by detonating an explosive charge prior to, on or after impact with the ground or target.
In particular, multi-fuze submunitions seem to pose a much lower humanitarian risk than submunitions with single fuze or mortar rounds.
However, there are some nuances with respect to implementation of the most appropriate preventive measures for munitions, including submunitions.
Secondly, the fact that most submunitions are free-falling means that these explosives often land in areas other than the specific military objective targeted.
The area covered by the bomblets, or submunitions, is known as the'footprint'