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Patria press release

Under pressure from ongoing investigations by Human Rights Investigations, Patria, the Finnish arms company, have released a  press release this morning (7th July 2011): Patria’s mortar systems have not been used to fire cluster ammunition in Libya During the last weeks Patria has been increasingly contacted about the possibility that Patria’s Nemo 120 mm mortar system or […]

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Cluster munitions Libyan Civil War

Cluster Munitions in Libya – an update

To paraphrase The Dude – More information comes to light: “In 2005, a Spanish company announced that it was going to co-produce with the Finnish defense company Patria a 120mm mortar projectile with submunitions. In 2006, Patria advertised a 120mm mortar projectile that contains 21 submunitions, stating that the dual purpose submunitions contain “electronic fusing…which […]