Time to Take Stock

The U.S. Cluster Munition Inventory and the FY 2006 Department of Defense Budget

A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper

July 2005

Summary

Recommendations

The Cohen Policy

The Current U.S. Cluster Munition Stockpile

Department of Defense Procurement Requests

Army Procurement Requests

Rocket and Missile Systems

Submunition Retrofitting

Helicopter-Launched Hydra

Marine Corps Procurement Requests

Missile and Rocket Systems

Air Force Procurement Requests

Sensor Fuzed Weapons

CBU-87

Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser

Navy Procurement Requests

Joint Standoff Weapons

Conclusion

Table 1:  Inventory of Legacy Cluster Munitions, by Service

Table 2:  Projected Number of “Dud” Submunitions Produced by Legacy  Cluster Munitions, by Service