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Ukranian soldiers dismantle a 155mm cluster munition to take out submunitions and use them for drone drops (streamable.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These are brave people. What could possibly go wrong? If they do this often, there are bound to be casualties.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you strap explosives to a drone... I kind of think that's the intention.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True enough. But it's still quite literally "playing with fire". Maybe necessary, but terribly dangerous to the operators, too; much more so than most "refined" weapon systems. "Weapon Safety" is a thing.