misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 hours agoBiden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mineswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12cross-posted to: bbc@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkBiden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mineswww.bbc.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: bbc@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·6 hours agoYeah, that was my thought too… If they want to defend their country, even in victory… years of farmers and their families getting maimed and killed.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWell, if they don’t get that victory, they won’t have to worry about those farmers…
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·6 hours agoProper mines destroy themselves after a fixed period of time.
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoperhaps… someone said a ‘battery’ runs out… I’m assuming they are loaded with high-order explosive, so a random foot or cultivating machine ‘shouldn’t’ set it off… Still I’d be hesitant, even their own troops could walk into it by accident,
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoI only know of the AT2 anti vehicle mines from Bundeswehr. They disarm after an adjustable period of time, between 3 and 96 hours, by self detonation.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·6 hours agoSadly the better option than genocide.
Yeah, that was my thought too…
If they want to defend their country, even in victory… years of farmers and their families getting maimed and killed.
Well, if they don’t get that victory, they won’t have to worry about those farmers…
Proper mines destroy themselves after a fixed period of time.
perhaps… someone said a ‘battery’ runs out…
I’m assuming they are loaded with high-order explosive, so a random foot or cultivating machine ‘shouldn’t’ set it off…
Still I’d be hesitant,
even their own troops could walk into it by accident,
I only know of the AT2 anti vehicle mines from Bundeswehr. They disarm after an adjustable period of time, between 3 and 96 hours, by self detonation.
Sadly the better option than genocide.