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The United States used about 2 million submunitions in Iraq in 2003, some 248,000 in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002, and another 295,000 on Kosovo in 1999, the group said.
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And what country has expended the greatest amount of resources in demining not only the above cited countries, but throughout the world?
Unfortunately I could only find figures up to 2001. We have spent $600,000.00 to assist in demining and removal of ordnance from 44 countries. These figures do not include the effort in cleaning up Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan since 9/11. Nor do these figures represent the amount of money that goes into R&D to develop the technology used to clean up these messes.
Since the figures come from the US State Department, I would imagine that SF missions such as "Train the Trainer" in South America are not factored into the $600,000.00.
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