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Expert Opinion
"Here there is not one recorded instant
of the SFW causing a single civilian casualty… I think
it says a lot for the effects of the civilian population and
the humanitarian impact by this weapon system on a community
is negligible."
Bob Gravett , EOD Specialist
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"In perhaps the greatest technological
advance, the submunitions in the CBU-105 . . . are capable
of independently sensing and attacking specific targets like
armored vehicles. Thus, these weapons are designed to address
the multiple problems associated with cluster munitions: the
inaccuracy of both the munition and the submunition, and the
large number of persistent duds . . . the trend is encouraging
and should be continued."
Human Rights Watch, 2004 World Report
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"It makes no sense at all for the international
community to prohibit systems like the Sensor Fuzed Weapon,
because they pose minimal danger to non-combatants and any
ban would force warfighters to shift to more powerful munitions
that cause much greater carnage in war zones."
Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D.
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"We felt very comfortable that the CBU-105
having a zero dud rate would be a factor in forces moving
through that area. So, it was an easy call for us to make
to drop CBU-105's…"
SMSgt John Knipe, OIF
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