Why It's ILLEGAL to Use Glass in Airburst Bombs

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Chapters:
0:00 What Are Airburst Bombs?
1:08 How do Airburst Bombs Know When to Explode?
2:35 Time Fuze vs. Proximity Fuze
3:33 How Airburst Rounds Hit Hidden Targets in Trenches
5:18 Airburst Munitions vs. Cluster Bombs: What's The Difference?
7:28 Why Using Glass Shrapnels is Illegal in Airburst Bombs
8:22 The Inventor of Shrapnel: Meet Henry Shrapnel
9:04 BLU-108: When You Mix Cluster Bombs with Airburst Shrapnel

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