▲ 617 ▼ Ukrainian drones now spray 4,000° F thermite streams right into Russian trenches (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 269 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] lud@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children) That's actually not the problem with chemical weapons. Chemical weapons are banned due to their indiscriminate nature (being blown by the wind) and really the fact that it causes slow deaths over years. It's that it's tantamount to torture (which is also banned). Blowing people's limbs off is considered A-OK as long as it's not done with land mines. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) And land mines are only banned because, checks notes, their indiscriminate nature (being walked on by children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago That and they just stay there active, decades after the conflict. There are still minefields from decades old conflicts that kill/injure people today. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Freefall@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, good reason to not invade a country... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children) That's actually not the problem with chemical weapons. Chemical weapons are banned due to their indiscriminate nature (being blown by the wind) and really the fact that it causes slow deaths over years. It's that it's tantamount to torture (which is also banned). Blowing people's limbs off is considered A-OK as long as it's not done with land mines. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) And land mines are only banned because, checks notes, their indiscriminate nature (being walked on by children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago That and they just stay there active, decades after the conflict. There are still minefields from decades old conflicts that kill/injure people today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) And land mines are only banned because, checks notes, their indiscriminate nature (being walked on by children) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago That and they just stay there active, decades after the conflict. There are still minefields from decades old conflicts that kill/injure people today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago That and they just stay there active, decades after the conflict. There are still minefields from decades old conflicts that kill/injure people today. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, good reason to not invade a country... permalink fedilink source parent