Correspondence.

AuthorMcQuinlan, N.N.
PositionLetter to the editor

Sir,

With reference to the article on 'Banning cluster munitions' (vol 35, no 5), the illustration of cluster bomb casings on page 5 is clearly wrong. Those are 2.75 inch rocket pods of US manufacture (FLAT FACE) and potentially even the Soviet era equivalent design (CONICAL HEAD). The photograph does not necessarily give an accurate indication of rocket diameter and have the clarity needed to make an authoritative assessment.

'Train spotting stuff' maybe, but mis-identification of such a fundamental nature (unintentional or not) is the genesis of errors that generate untruths and urban myths. We call these items 'key combat indicators' because they have 'linkages/ associations'. They are indicators that can provide investigadors using logical analysis with...

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