Sunshine (she/her) to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoTrump ally Tucker Carlson slams Biden for giving Ukraine land mines, says 'killing is the point'kyivindependent.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down111
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkTrump ally Tucker Carlson slams Biden for giving Ukraine land mines, says 'killing is the point'kyivindependent.comSunshine (she/her) to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down8·10 hours agoGood thing land mines can distinguish between Ukrainians and Russians I guess?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 hours agoThey have an expiration date. Not purly for lobg term safety reasons but it also allows for more advanced tactical use cases.
minus-squareEm Adespotonlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoDo they have fixed expiry after which the thing is inert, or just a battery that runs down after which a different energy source (or shock to the battery) is needed to trigger them?
minus-squarecogman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down6·10 hours agoAnd a child years after the war ends. Landmines were internationally banned for a reason.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-210 hours agoIirc, these have an expiration date Not that it fully absolves them, but better than the ones that go boom 30 years after the fact
Good thing land mines can distinguish between Ukrainians and Russians I guess?
They have an expiration date. Not purly for lobg term safety reasons but it also allows for more advanced tactical use cases.
Do they have fixed expiry after which the thing is inert, or just a battery that runs down after which a different energy source (or shock to the battery) is needed to trigger them?
And a child years after the war ends.
Landmines were internationally banned for a reason.
Iirc, these have an expiration date
Not that it fully absolves them, but better than the ones that go boom 30 years after the fact