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US sending controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine until other ammo is ready: Kirby (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel my comment is not being taken as I intended. Ukrain and Russia have both been using Russian cluster bombs all along. Russian ones supposedly have a 40% failure rate.

With the US shells they will be using them selectively, just as they have been with their old ones. They can crack open the US ones and drop the individual ones with drones as well.

It's a good thing they will have the US bombs now. It's better all around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yea, I did assume something else. Assumptions are always a problem; they seem so obvious...

Thanks for your considerate answer.

I don't think the cluster ammo willl be used any other way than with a howitzer. I don't think there is a shortage of production of grenades. A shortage of shells, yes, and it might just be to mitigate that. Might. That would not be great news for Ukraine.