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US actively considering giving cluster munitions to Ukraine (www.politico.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] FracturedPelvis@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

cluster bombs are the cause of A LOT of pain. They are indiscriminate, and they kill civilians for years AFTER conflicts have ended.

[–] along_the_road@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I understand that can lead to unexploded ordinance however Ukraine is facing a life and death struggle right now and they can use all the ammo that they can get. Of course it's not ideal but US/Europe has very limited supply of precision ammo. And until they can increase production Ukraine needs something to use against dug in Russian positions. Ultimately the decision should be up to Ukrainians since they are the ones that will have to be doing the clean up.