• Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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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.

    • Wilshire@sopuli.xyzOP
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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.