Wilshire@lemmy.ml to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoUS sending controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine until other ammo is ready: Kirbyabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkUS sending controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine until other ammo is ready: Kirbyabcnews.go.comWilshire@lemmy.ml to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSpaceMonk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoTBF using them on dusty villages was way worse. This is probably necessary. Russian clusters dud at like 40% where US clusters dud at 3%.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI’d like to be a fly on the wall in the Soviet engineering house that designed them. Engineer: So what failure rate can we accept? General: I don’t know, it won’t be perfect, but I guess make sure that most of the bomblets detonate. Engineer: [Technically complies]
TBF using them on dusty villages was way worse. This is probably necessary.
Russian clusters dud at like 40% where US clusters dud at 3%.
I’d like to be a fly on the wall in the Soviet engineering house that designed them.
Engineer: So what failure rate can we accept?
General: I don’t know, it won’t be perfect, but I guess make sure that most of the bomblets detonate.
Engineer: [Technically complies]