Instalaza Instalaza SA is a Spanish firm that designs , develops and manufactures equipment and other military material for infantry . The company , founded in 1943 , is headquartered in Zaragoza and its production plant is in Zaragoza , Aragon . The company became famous for the production of highly accurate rocket launchers . Instalaza ' s professional experience is widely noted as a supplier of both the Spanish armed forces and countries around the world . Instalaza has had Pedro Morenés Eulate , Secretary of State for Defence between 1996 and 2000 , Secretary of State Security from 2000 to 2002 and Secretary of State for Science and Technology between 2002 and 2004 , as representative and consultant . As of 2007 , Instalaza SA had 140 employees , a covered plant area of 18000 square meters , capital worth over five million Euros , and a revenue of 15 million Euros . Cluster munitions scandal . The company experienced a crisis in 2008 after the ban on cluster bombs enacted by the Convention on Cluster Munitions . In January 2009 , Instalaza still had the MAT - 120 cluster bomb in its online catalog . Having been outlawed by the Convention on Cluster Munitions , the Government ordered the shutdown of the weapon ' s production in line with its obligations under international law . After a public outcry highlighted by the media , Instalaza ended production of the MAT - 120 . However a note on the Instalaza website states that the weapon remains in the catalog as a mark of their technological prowess and states that the weapon is in compliance with Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons . According to the manufacturer , the weapons produces 0 . 0 % ' hazardous duds ' by ensuring that in case the munition was not functioning upon impact , it would attempt to self - destruct in 20 seconds . If this was not possible , self - deactivation would occur after 10 minutes . Critics argue that studies based on the Israeli - made M - 85 , a different type of cluster munition , have indicated that items of unexploded ordnance , whether or not they are armed , remain a serious hazard to civilian populations . However , this type of hazard does not apply to the MAT - 120 , as if in the rare instance the self - destruction mechanism fails , in approximately 15 minutes after impact the electrical charge in the capacitor bleeds out , therefore rendering the submunition ' s electronic fuse system inoperative , making the dud submunition totally inert , unless the capacitor is deliberately recharged from an outside source . Amended Protocol II relates to mines , booby traps and other devices and is not relevant to the legal status of cluster munitions . Instalaza may not sell any patents related to the bomb . Subsequently , the company managed to reorient its production and market new technology . As a result , Instalaza SA continues to produce military equipment for several countries around the world . Instalaza in February 2013 , presented its product design and production of arms and ammunition , in the Salon of Defense of Abu Dhabi , with great acceptance by buyers assistants , which reaffirms that the defense and security industry , are among the most active of the highest overall growth of Spanish exports between 2011 and 2013 . Claimed use of cluster munitions in Libya . On 15 April 2011 , Human Rights Watch and the New York Times documented use of MAT - 120 cluster mortar rounds date - stamped 2007 in Misrata , Libya during sustained use of explosive weapons in populated areas by Gaddafi forces , although the Secretary of State of the USA , Hillary Clinton said she was “ not aware ” of the specific use of cluster or other indiscriminate weapons in Misurata . Notes . " This article incorporates information from the revision as of April 18 , 2010 of the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia . "