The international laws of war, which made nuclear Weapons, chemical bombs, biological bombs are prohibited from use in warfare because of its effect can be damaging to the environment, making a lot of civilian casualties, and cause prolonged pain such as cancer or other diseases.
Here is a Weapon that is prohibited in international humanitarian law, but it is still used by the military in various countries of the world.
1. Landmine
Landmines are explosive devices that were implanted into the ground, would explode if touched or stepped on by a vehicle, person or animal or anything that can touch it. Landmines were used to secure the disputed area and to restrict the movement opposed to the war.
Landmines are widely used in combat because the price is cheap, poor countries for military weapons also have a damaging effect is great enough.
2. Cluster Bombs
weapon such as cluster bombs have been banned by the United Nations is to be produced and used in warfare, but the producing countries still use and produce cluster bombs.
Cluster bomb is a bomb that will burst into hundreds of smaller bombs after the release of tin or bomber aircraft. The bomb was created to destroy the air base runway, or a convoy of armored vehicles to disperse the concentration of ground troops.
Another name of this weapon is a CBU / Cluster Bomb Units (United States), Belouga (France), Excalibur (United States). These bombs are also used in the Iraq war, Afghanistan and Arab-Israel war.
3. White phosphorus
These weapons can result in fire and smoke. The main function of this weapon is to produce smoke protector that will protect the movement from view of the enemy, or make invisible to enemy fire. White phosphorus or white phosphorus (WP) can generate smoke quickly so explosive.
side effects of this weapon is able to burn anything very quickly. These weapons can also be used to kill enemy soldiers, will burn if exposed or even die! White phosphorus from these weapons can result in injury and death by burning muscle tissue, if the smoke inhaled, or swallowed. Due to the most fatal if swallowed or fire can result in death.
4. Napalm Bomb
U.S. weapons had been used in conflicts in Vietnam and Israel in the Yom Kippur war.
Is bomb containing a chemical burn-shaped pasta that can be burned when a bomb burst in the land. Liquid paste that will spread the flame of fire in all directions. This bomb is very effective to destroy the ground forces that bersembuni in the trenches or the jungle.
5. DU bullets (Dupleted Uranium)
Depleted uranium bullets are the type of bullets are made of Uranium waste dismantling the nuclear bomb. This became the standard weapon bullet cannon GAU-8 Avenger gatling brought A-10 aircraft as well as the canon Bushmaster APC Bradley.
DU is also used to make anti bullet core material on Abrams tanks. These weapons can penetrate the thick steel tanks, this weapon was used in the Iraq war.
These weapons contain uranium which emit dangerous levels of radiation in humans. An example is the Italian soldiers are exposed to leukemia after using this weapon. In Iraq, the tanks are destroyed by bullets also emit radiation, making wrecks of tanks are not safe to approach. Waoow!
