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Joe's Desperation Sending 155-mm Bomblets Shells (none / 0)

Cluster munitions are prohibited by more than 100 countries. They typically scatter numerous smaller bomblets over a wide area, sometimes as big as a football pitch, and can kill indiscriminately. Those that fail to explode threaten civilians, especially children, for decades after a conflict ends.

Cluster munitions.....maiming children for generations [_link]
— 🖕𝕻𝖚𝖋𝖙🖕 (@Puf201) July 6, 2023

Biden said he had made the move because the Ukrainians were running out of ammunition.

One million 155-mm artillery shells for Ukrainian Armed Forces: EU will supply the required weapons?

Amnesia and Gaza Genocide

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Jul 12th, 2023 at 12:30:32 PM EST

Joe's Desperation Sending 155-mm Bomblets Shells (none / 0)

Cluster Munitions for Ukraine: Everything You Need to Know About Washington's Green Light Decision | Kyiv Post |
Germany and other NATO nation weapons developers first turned to cluster munitions during the Cold War-era as a counter to expected Red Army massed tank assaults into northwest Europe.
The SMArt 155 is one of the most advanced versions of that technology, building a pair of "smart" anti-armor mines into a howitzer shell that flies the sub-munitions to a target.
Equipped with advanced electronics, sensors and flight programs, the twin bomblets guide themselves to attack the thin roof armor of a tank or other heavy armored vehicle. Germany reportedly first sent Ukraine the munition in March 2023.
Reportedly, a single SMArt 155 shell costs $80,000. A conventional 155mm shell - the munition the AFU is chronically short of - costs between $500 and $3,000.
AFU gunners have reserved expensive SMArt 155 shells, or small quantities of similar Swedish-manufactured 155 BONUS anti-armor cluster munition shells, for use only against very high value targets.

Amnesia and Gaza Genocide

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Jul 12th, 2023 at 12:31:24 PM EST
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Joe's Desperation Sending 155-mm Bomblets Shells (none / 0)

Cluster Bombs For Kids

The White House has floated what appears to be a trial balloon to see how open the public might be to giving Ukraine cluster bombs, which are famous for maiming and killing children. And quite a trial balloon it was.

The "widely banned weapons," reported...
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) July 7, 2023