The Jerusalem Post reports: “An investigation by the Israel Air Force on Sunday found that the ballistic missile launched by the Houthis on Friday night contained cluster munitions, the first time during the war that they have used this category of weapon.

On the one hand, such a weapon tends to have a less harmful impact if it achieves direct hits as opposed to a classic ballistic missile.

On the other hand, however, this kind of missile has a higher chance of causing at least some minor harm because it splits into many parts that can have many impacts. The IDF admitted that it failed to shoot down the missile due to an unidentified human or technical failure, not because the missile contained cluster munitions.

However, it is possible that there are some instances where the IDF would need to shoot down this type of ballistic missile at an earlier point to avoid it breaking up and impacting Israel…”