The Landmine's More Deadly Cousin Posted by: James Hathaway The landmine's more deadly cousin, the cluster bomb kills and injures people with regularity in Vietnam. In present-day Vietnam, a cluster bomb's "bomblet" or "bombie" resembles a muddy baseball. Children are naturally drawn to them out of curiosity, often to horrific results. Read more about bombies here.

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