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==History== The weapon has been in production since 1992 and it was first deployed, but not used, during [[Operation Allied Force]] when [[NATO]] entered the [[Kosovo War]]. Sensor-fused weapons were first fired in combat during the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn|first=Kris |date=2003-08-19 |title=Sensor fuzed weapons aid combat in Iraq |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/08/19/hln.terror.sensor.fuzed/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> In 2010 the US government announced the sale to India of 512 CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons.<ref name=india/> The expected platform is the [[SEPECAT Jaguar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |title=AERO INDIA: Textron launches production of CBU-105 sensor fuzed weapon for India |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/aero-india-textron-launches-production-of-cbu-105-sensor-fuzed-weapon-for-india/98323.article |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Flight Global |language=en}}</ref> Saudi Arabia has also requested the CBU-105.<ref>Hoyle, Craig. [http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saudi-arabia-requests-sensor-fuzed-weapon-buy-358061/ ""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729041328/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saudi-arabia-requests-sensor-fuzed-weapon-buy-358061/ |date=2012-07-29 }} ''Flight Magazine''. June 15, 2011.</ref> In May 2015, [[Human Rights Watch]] reported on, and criticized, the Saudi use of the CBU-105 SFW during the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/jemen-347.html |title=Kampf gegen Huthi-Rebellen: Arabische Bodentruppen im Jemen? | tagesschau.de |access-date=2017-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170426/http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/jemen-347.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brumfield |first=Ben |last2=Shelbayah |first2=Slma |date=2015-05-03 |title=Report: Saudi Arabia used U.S.-supplied cluster bombs in Yemen |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/03/middleeast/yemen-hrw-cluster-munitions-saudi-arabia/index.html |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The United States last bought SFWs in 2007, after which it continued to be produced for export. In September 2016, Textron announced it would no longer produce the weapon, citing low demand as well as international controversy over the use of cluster munitions.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/09/02/why-the-last-u-s-company-making-cluster-bombs-wont-produce-them-anymore/ Why the last U.S. company making cluster bombs wonβt produce them anymore]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''. 2 September 2016.</ref>
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