Cluster bombs are landmines under a cover pseudonym.

Evidence

In terms of military strategy, landmines and cluster bombs are both “area denial weapons.” The problem is that, too often, “area denial” persists into the so-called postwar era, shrinking the viable earth and straining its resources. As a first step toward alleviating this scourge, we need to acknowledge landmines and cluster bombs as two versions of one problem; we need to recognize the ease with which cluster bombs become de facto landmines under cover of a pseudonym. — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 703

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Counting cluster bombs as single weapons conceals their true dispersal scale — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 674; Cluster bombs effectively disperses millions of lethal fragments across war zones — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 678; Landmines were stigmatized while equally lethal cluster bombs escaped scrutiny as smart weapons — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 666 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Banning cluster bombs requires dismantling precision-war rhetoric first. #complicates (0.75) — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 704