Peaces@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoUkraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe.wapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down16
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkUkraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe.wapo.stPeaces@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarerumbleranlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThey do exactly that in sane countries. Russia just drops them out of airplanes with zero fucks given where they land.
minus-squareUnverifiedAPK@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoTbf Russia’s PFM-1 is based off the US’ BLU-43. The difference is the US went “Oh wow, this is a really bad situation” and stopped using them half a century ago. Double tbf: Ukraine also has 5.5 million of these mines themselves.
They do exactly that in sane countries. Russia just drops them out of airplanes with zero fucks given where they land.
Tbf Russia’s PFM-1 is based off the US’ BLU-43. The difference is the US went “Oh wow, this is a really bad situation” and stopped using them half a century ago.
Double tbf: Ukraine also has 5.5 million of these mines themselves.