우연히 집속탄 관련 미국의 문서를 발견했는데 하기와 같이 되어 있습니다.

요약하면 2018년까지 공군과 육군이 사용하는 모든 집속탄의 불량율을 1%이하로  낮춰야 한다는 내용입니다. 현재까지 배치된 기존 집속탄들은 18년까지는 지휘관의 승인하에 사용되고 18년부터는 사용이  안됩니다.

저도 처음엔 미국에게 다소 피해의식을 가지고 생각했었으나 자국군에도 엄격하게 적용하는 대원칙인만큼 우리만 예외를 적용할 수는 없다고 보여집니다.

 http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS22907.pdf

Department of Defense (DOD) Policy on Cluster Munitions27

The United States said in a November 25, 2011, statement that the United States would continue to implement the DOD policy on cluster munitions issued June 19, 2008, which recognizes the need to minimize harm to civilians and infrastructure but also reaffirms the contention that “cluster munitions are legitimate weapons with clear military utility.” The central directive in the Pentagon’s new policy is the unwaiverable requirement that cluster munitions used after 2018 must leave less than 1% of unexploded submunitions on the battlefield. Prior to 2018, U.S. use of cluster munitions with a greater than 1% unexploded ordnance rate must be approved by Combatant Commanders. This policy will permit the development of a new generation of cluster munitions less dangerous to civilians. While such a high level of performance might be achievable under controlled laboratory conditions, previously mentioned factors such as delivery technique, landing in soft or muddy ground, getting caught in trees and vegetation, and submunitions being damaged after dispersal or landing could result in an appreciable number of dud submunitions, even if they have a self-deactivation feature.

문제는 아직 미국조차도 1% 이하 불발율달성이 안되서 발등에 불이 떨어진 상태입니다. 아래의 글을 보면 GMLRS의 자탄불발율이 5%에 달해 추가구입이 불발되었고 1%이하인 것은 지능탄을 사용하는 공군용 CBU-97,105밖에 없습니다.

DOD Efforts to Reduce Unexploded Ordnance Rates for Its Cluster Munitions DOD and the services have been and are currently involved in efforts to reduce cluster munitions failure rates. The Army’s Alternative Warhead Program (AWP) is intended to assess and recommend new technologies to reduce or eliminate cluster munitions failure rates.28 The AWP program is viewed as particularly relevant, as the Pentagon estimates that “upward of 80 percent of U.S. cluster munitions reside in the Army artillery stockpile.”29 In December 2008, the Army decided to cease procurement of a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) warhead— the Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) warhead—because its submunitions had a dud rate up to 5%.30 The Air Force has also acquired cluster munitions that comply with the less than 1% failure rate—the CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) and the CBU-105 WCMD/SFW.31

한마디로  수백개의 자탄을 품은 형식의 1% 이하 불발율 집속탄은 미국조차도 아직 개발이 안되서  전전긍긍하는 상태입니다. 만약 우리가 1%불발율을 달성하면 세계최고의 집속탄 기술력을 달성하는 셈입니다. 이번 사태는 위기라고 생각합니다. 위험이지만 기회이기도 하죠. 1% 이하 불발율을 달성하는 집속탄을 개발한다면 관련기술을 미국에 역수출할 수 있는 기회이기도 합니다.