#cluster-munitions
3 episodes
#3669: The Dewey Decimal System for Things That Go Boom
Standardized codes that let investigators, diplomats, and deminers speak the same language about munitions.
#2116: The Mathematical Nightmare of Air Defense
The math of stopping a shotgun blast with tweezers: why our missile defense fails against cluster munitions.
#1747: Cluster Bombs: Precision's Evil Twin
Why are countries still using cluster bombs? We explore the terrifying engineering and the decades-long fallout.