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Elbit Systems says it will discontinue cluster munitions production

Campaign news (archive), producers, Slider / By / January 23, 2019

Israeli arms company Elbit Systems is said by Israeli media that its recently acquired subsidiary IMI Systems will no longer produce cluster munitions. IMI Systems has long been considered a producer of cluster munitions and was until recently government owned. IMI Systems has produced amongst others the M85, M970, M971, RAM cluster munitions and continued to …

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Japanese companies divest from cluster bombs

Campaign news (archive), Slider / By / June 14, 2018

Four Japanese banks and insurance companies have stopped certain investments in producers making cluster bombs, according to reports today in several Japanese media outlets. The reports say the financial institutions are responding to public outrage generated by the launch of the PAX report ‘Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions’ in Tokyo in May 2017. The study’s …

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Last remaining U.S. producers declare having ended cluster bomb production

Campaign news (archive), Slider / By / June 14, 2018

Photo: Patch file  U.S. arms producer Textron recently declared it has made the final delivery of its Sensor Fuzed Weapon cluster munition, following an earlier announcement that it would end the production of the weapon. Orbital ATK, which produced a key component for Textron’s cluster bomb, also declared it has ended all production and delivery of …

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