• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    Warfare has always been hell, but now when someone hunts you down with a drone while you’re running away it makes it a particularly terrifying personal hell.

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    For those also wondering (and I’m quoting a comment on Ars so may stand corrected…):

    Isn’t this a violation of the Geneva Conventions?

    Only if used to deliberately target infantry. The videoed operations so far seem to have been intended to burn away protective cover (trees/brush), which is a permitted use even if there’s a risk of inflicting casualties as a side effect of the application of incendiaries.

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      Oh God no. Nobody cares what you do to the Infantry. It’s the civilians. Don’t use this around civilians.

      Sincerely, an old infantryman.

  • Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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    Eh, that’s pretty metal. What I like about it is that it’s not some chemical weapon that floats on the air to hiteveryone in the vicinity. You will see where you are hitting clearly because it’s like a bright tracer round. And it’ll cause more injuries than deaths.

    You almost have a sporting chance to get away once it’s started compared to the relatively sudden chaos of explosions.

    • lightstream@lemmy.ml
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      Eh, that’s pretty metal.

      It’s definitely pretty, and as thermite is a mixture of metal powder and metal oxide, your statement is entirely correct.

    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldBanned
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      Yeah you can choose to just give up before getting suddenly delivered to the 360 degrees surrounding you in every direction.

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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    Maybe, if putin doesn’t want his soldiers crispied. He should withdraw all of them, and stop bombing schools and hospitals and shopping malls.

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    Better than the gas that Russia is using illegally that causes serious pain and often takes a long time to die painfully from.

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    Good. As long as it doesn’t target civilian areas.

    Soldiers can always defect or surrender. Don’t want to face Ukraine’s army? Don’t be in Russia’s army. It’s that simple.

    I consider every Russian soldier complicit in this invasion of Ukraine. Otherwise they wouldn’t be there.

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      Guess you’ve never been threatened with Job loss, homelessness, starvation, or anything of that sort before. Must be nice.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        Actually I have. But I didn’t use it as sn excuse to invade Canada, and start blowing up schools and hospitals in an attempt to take over Canadian land. I didn’t run around killing others for my misfortune. But if I had, I would FULLY expect the Canadian military to do anything it could to kill me.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      consider every Russian soldier complicit in this invasion of Ukraine.

      Careful. Cults are a thing; and powerful for a reason.

  • plz1@lemmy.world
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    This is straight up atrocious, but Russia has been using white phosphorus during this war. No side is pristine in this conflict. War is awful, period. One thing it has shown is that Ukraine has become expert in using commodity hardware to rain death on their enemy.

    • Windex007@lemmy.world
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      If you’re deploying weapons on your own territory to reduce the operational capacity of an invading force then it’s by definition defending your country.

      If you have a problem w/ this you’re going to have to cycle to the next argument because this one is nonsense. NEXT.

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      Any invaders in that tree line are likely having a very bad time continuing their invasionary goals.

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    Yes more war and more destruction to sate the gods of war! Paint the ground red with the blood of our enemies and the sky black with their burnt homes!

    Is that bloodthirsty enough?