Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoTrump ally Tucker Carlson slams Biden for giving Ukraine land mines, says 'killing is the point'kyivindependent.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down118
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkTrump ally Tucker Carlson slams Biden for giving Ukraine land mines, says 'killing is the point'kyivindependent.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·29 days agoDon’t step on Ukrainian land if you don’t want to deal with Ukrainian land mines?
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12·29 days agoGood thing land mines can distinguish between Ukrainians and Russians I guess?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·28 days agoThey have an expiration date. Not purly for lobg term safety reasons but it also allows for more advanced tactical use cases.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·28 days agoDo they have fixed expiry after which the thing is inert, or just a battery that runs down after which a different energy source (or shock to the battery) is needed to trigger them?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·28 days agoThey have en expiry after which they explode i believe.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoOnce the battery runs out, they won’t detonate.
minus-squarecogman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down12·29 days agoAnd a child years after the war ends. Landmines were internationally banned for a reason.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-229 days agoIirc, these have an expiration date Not that it fully absolves them, but better than the ones that go boom 30 years after the fact
Don’t step on Ukrainian land if you don’t want to deal with Ukrainian land mines?
Good thing land mines can distinguish between Ukrainians and Russians I guess?
They have an expiration date. Not purly for lobg term safety reasons but it also allows for more advanced tactical use cases.
Do they have fixed expiry after which the thing is inert, or just a battery that runs down after which a different energy source (or shock to the battery) is needed to trigger them?
They have en expiry after which they explode i believe.
Once the battery runs out, they won’t detonate.
And a child years after the war ends.
Landmines were internationally banned for a reason.
Iirc, these have an expiration date
Not that it fully absolves them, but better than the ones that go boom 30 years after the fact