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New report: M85 - higher failure rate
06 Dec 2007 10:54:00 GMT
Source: Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) - Norway
Øystein Sassebo Bryhni / NPA
Website: http://www.npaid.org/m85
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Producers and stockpilers of M85 have argued that their tests show that the failure rate for this bomblet type is only 1 or 2 per cent, this new report proves that the failure rate for this bomblet in Lebanon was around 10 per cent.

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