misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agoBiden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mineswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkBiden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mineswww.bbc.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·3 days 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-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·3 days agoProper mines destroy themselves after a fixed period of time.
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days 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 days 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-up9arrow-down4·3 days agoSadly the better option than genocide.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoWell, if they don’t get that victory, they won’t have to worry about those farmers…
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.
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.
Well, if they don’t get that victory, they won’t have to worry about those farmers…