• Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I dunno, it just seems like the delay on the bomblets was too long. And also that a fragmentation round could have gotten them all without leaving unexploded ordinance all over the place.

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      1 year ago

      Just to provide clarity, the dud rate is approximately 2.5%, so about 1-2 per shell.

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        1 year ago

        Times how many hundreds of shells? With bomblets sitting around for decades after.

        And how many survived that hit, as opposed to a similar fragmentation strike? A few survivors aren’t actually a bad thing in a lot of cases too. They require resources to care for, draining man power that’s already stretched thin.

        It just strikes me as a less than efficient weapon choice. I’d be curious to see it compared to air burst flechette rounds in effectiveness.

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          1 year ago

          I agree with your points. Demining and EOD in eastern and southern Ukraine could take decades. Cluster munitions will hopefully be a stop-gap, and not the new norm.