Ammunition

Two members of DOVO, the Belgian military’s bomb disposal unit, remove a six-pound high explosive artillery shell produced in about 1917 from a farm field near Ieper, Belgium on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

‘Iron harvest:’ A Belgian team unearths unexploded ammunition from WWI

Conflict & Justice

Shells, bombs and hand grenades are still found across Belgium on a daily basis. Every year, a special unit removes over 150 metric tons of unexploded ordnance.

VIDEO: Two massive World War II bombs defused in Koblenz, Germany

Is America Too Familiar with Guns?

Using a Wind-Blown ‘Mine Kafon’ to Clear Landmines

Conflict & Justice

Uranium Bullets in Kosovo

The World

Torpedo Testing Under Fire

With 28,000 torpedoes tested to date, a United States-Canadian test water site near Vancouver, British Columbia is under pressure from fishermen and environmentalists to cease Cold War games and return the area for sea life habitat. Bob Carty of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation provides this report.

Powder Burn

The World

Leftover cluster bombs a serious danger in the Republic of Georgia

Research by Human Rights Watch has revealed that Georgia used more cluster bombs in its conflict with Russia in August than experts had previously thought. The weapons pose a serious danger to civilians.

The World

Questions about illegal arms deals

Conflict & Justice

The U.S. ambassador to Albania may face questions from Congress over an illegal arms deal, and another U.S. diplomat alleges that the ambassador tried to cover up the deal, as Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the details from Eric Schmitt of the New York Times.

The World

U.S. opposes cluster bomb treaty

Conflict & Justice

More than 100 countries have signed an agreement to ban cluster bombs — weapons that explode into tiny bomblets and have been blamed for many civilian deaths long after the bombs were used