The Jerusalem Post
Technicians from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they recovered dozens of unexploded canisters on Thursday after one of the missiles Iran fired toward central Israel carried a cluster bomb warhead, and have opened an inquiry into whether Tehran’s arsenal might also include true MIRV (multiple independently-targetable reentry vehicle) capability.
Cluster bombs vs. MIRVs
A cluster bomb is a containered warhead that, upon reaching its target area, opens in mid-air and scatters dozens or hundreds of smaller explosives, known as “bomblets,” over a wide zone. Those bomblets are unguided and designed to increase the chance of hitting troops, vehicles or soft targets across an area roughly the size of several football fields.
