Is it poor build quality or are they not designed to explode on impact?
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Everyone here is pointing out general issues with munitions. Every type of ammo will have duds. Any kind of shell/bomb can land weird in a way that prevent it from detonating. Cluster bombs are unique in their failure rate because of the unique way the weapons work. When the cluster bomb opens up and the bomblets are deployed some inevitably collide with each other. This does not happen with non cluster munitions like artillery shells, rockets, bombs etc. Its during these collisions that cluster munitions get damaged, and this damage results in their relatively high dud rate. The dud rate for a US cluster bomb is about %2.5, while the dud rate for a Russian one is %30-40. Using cluster bombs comes with additional responsibilities. You have to keep accurate records of where they are dropped, and you have to de-mine those areas.
Right now there is a Russian propaganda campaign to prevent the US from sending these weapons to Ukraine. You will see people shilling for the Russians calling the use of the weapon horrific because of the harm they can cause civilians, despite Russia already using cluster munitions with 10x dud rate in Ukraine.
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