The Government of Canada is hammering down on its stance against the use of cluster munitions following the U.S. decision to send the controversial weapon to Ukraine.
I had to look up what they actually do - although I’ve known the term since I was a kid. Basically it’s like a pipe bomb full of smaller explosives that is supposed to explode mid-air releasing LOTS of other explosives across a big area indiscriminately destroying anything in the little blammo’s radius. The baby bomblets can be fragmenting to destroy flesh, incendiary to explode and burn shit up, they may be anti-tank/vehicle, or even pressure sensitive mines waiting to be disturbed by a passer by (just like land mines). Now I understand the controversy.
The bigger problem is that many of the small bombs don’t detonate. Russian cluster bombs have a dud rate of up to 40%, American ones about 2.5%. They lie on the surface and are therefore a danger to the civilian population, even in the future.
I truly don’t know. To me, in war there are no wins, only losses. I believe everyone has the right to defend themselves against an aggressor. “The problem with living outside the law, is you no longer have its protection.”
No. As nations we’ve decided what weapons are inhumane and cannot be used. For instance they cannot use chlorine gas, no matter how effective that might be at clearing trenches
I had to look up what they actually do - although I’ve known the term since I was a kid. Basically it’s like a pipe bomb full of smaller explosives that is supposed to explode mid-air releasing LOTS of other explosives across a big area indiscriminately destroying anything in the little blammo’s radius. The baby bomblets can be fragmenting to destroy flesh, incendiary to explode and burn shit up, they may be anti-tank/vehicle, or even pressure sensitive mines waiting to be disturbed by a passer by (just like land mines). Now I understand the controversy.
The bigger problem is that many of the small bombs don’t detonate. Russian cluster bombs have a dud rate of up to 40%, American ones about 2.5%. They lie on the surface and are therefore a danger to the civilian population, even in the future.
Yeah, hence lying there like land mines. Its Vietnam again.
Love when my tax money is spent on burning peoples flesh on the other side of the planet.
the question is: is it worse to have russian savages rampaging and raping in your country longer or using that crap to drive them out sooner :/
98% of cluster bombs casualties known to handicap international are civilians and about a third of them are children.
that’s almost the same stats of russian soldiers
I truly don’t know. To me, in war there are no wins, only losses. I believe everyone has the right to defend themselves against an aggressor. “The problem with living outside the law, is you no longer have its protection.”
No. As nations we’ve decided what weapons are inhumane and cannot be used. For instance they cannot use chlorine gas, no matter how effective that might be at clearing trenches