India continues to stock and use cluster bombs for carpet bombing

India is among a handful of nations that continues to stock cluster bombs, used for carpet bombing. India is among a handful of nations that continues to stock cluster bombs, used for carpet bombing. Cluster munitions have a wide-area effect, which makes them inaccurate when used. Unexploded duds lying around also pose a life-threatening hazard for civilians, long after the conflict. Swedish arms watchdog Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has warned that progress towards a global ban on cluster munitions stalled in…