{"id":1962193,"date":"2023-07-01T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-us-is-considering-providing-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-says-americas-top-military-officer\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:50:19","slug":"the-us-is-considering-providing-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-says-americas-top-military-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-us-is-considering-providing-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-says-americas-top-military-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"US may supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, says top military officer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-us-is-considering-providing-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-says-americas-top-military-officer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962193&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0701\/a9765036-722f-40fd-a47c-41a5f2f8de4f\/audio.mp3?length=2410029&#038;duration=201\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>The United States Considers Providing Cluster Munitions to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-document-affirms-special-counsels-probe-into-the-alfa-bank-hoax\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Document Affirms Special Counsel\u2019s Probe Into The Alfa Bank Hoax\">intriguing development<\/a>, the top American military officer, Army Gen. Mark Milley, revealed on Friday that the United States is contemplating the provision of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cluster-bomb-kills-ukrainian-child-and-two-others-at-kindergarten-amnesty-international-says\/\" title=\"Cluster Bomb Kills Ukrainian Child and Two Others at Kindergarten, Amnesty International Says\">cluster munitions<\/a> to Ukraine. This move comes as Russian troops continue to employ these weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, and Ukrainian forces have already received cluster bombs from other allies and deployed them.<\/p>\n<p>Milley, speaking at the National Press Club, acknowledged that discussions are ongoing. He emphasized that the Ukrainians have requested this support, and other European countries have already provided some cluster munitions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a> is currently underway.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing Concerns and Clarifying Expectations<\/h3>\n<p>Furthermore, Gen. Milley dismissed concerns about the pace of Ukraine&#8217;s counteroffensive, stating that he anticipated the initial campaign to last between six to ten weeks. He emphasized the immense challenges and cautioned against any illusions regarding the difficulty and duration of the operation.<\/p>\n<h3>Understanding Cluster Bombs<\/h3>\n<p>Cluster bombs are highly destructive weapons that disperse submunitions, or &#8220;bomblets,&#8221; over a wide area. They are designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-us-is-considering-providing-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine-says-americas-top-military-officer\/\" title=\"US may supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, says top military officer.\">target multiple objectives simultaneously<\/a> and can be delivered by planes, artillery, and missiles. However, it is worth noting that these &#8220;bomblets&#8221; have a significant failure rate, with up to 40 percent failing to explode in recent conflicts, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of cluster bombs argue that they pose a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barcodes-bookbags-microsoft-teams-up-with-schools-to-create-covid-daily-pass-for-kids\/\" title=\"Barcodes &#038; Bookbags: Microsoft Teams Up With Schools To Create Covid \u2018Daily Pass\u2019 For Kids\">significant risk<\/a> to civilians and cause indiscriminate casualties long after their use.<\/p>\n<p>It remains uncertain how America&#8217;s NATO allies would perceive the United States providing cluster munitions to Ukraine and whether this issue could potentially create divisions among them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US is contemplating supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions, according to Army Gen. Mark Milley. He stated that the US has been considering this for a while, as Russian forces are currently utilizing these munitions in the Ukrainian conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1962194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}