this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
109 points (95.0% liked)

World News

31540 readers
865 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why though? Can't imagine that these rounds are going to change the course of the war, so why? Are they out of non-Uranium ones?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nope the effectiveness is the point.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Imagine being this bloodthirsty you're willing to let Ukrainians suffer the effects of depleted uranium just to kill more Russians

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"let" Ukrainians.

Your patronising colonial mask is slipping.

Ukrainians have ASKED for these weapons so they can get rid of the murderous, child torturing Russians out of their country.

Stop amplifying the propaganda of child torturers.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"Opposing the poisoning of masses of innocent people who had no say in the war is propaganda. I am very smart!" smuglord

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

it's kind of impressive how consistently we get the dumbest takes possible from lemmy.ee

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Yes it’s that simple isn’t it? At least to a simpleton.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I think Russia would be the most bloodthirsty if this was a contest. Good try though.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Please don't use that against them, even as a bit as it's extremely powerful and causes irreperable emotional damage. Be mindful, libs are people too.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

The body count of the West is several orders of magnitude higher than Russia's

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Na, that's still you

Also least self aware

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Imagine defending a regime that targets hospitals and schools for missile attacks and rains white phosphorous down on cities.

If the Russians cared about anything beyond their own expansionist agenda, they'd retreat and end the war they started. If you actually cared about the suffering of Ukrainians, you would stop being a mouthpiece for that regime.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Fuck, I almost thought you were on about the US and Israel but guess not ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Too bad you still are pushing for the war to even continue. You don't want the Russians to genocide every single Ukrainian so you still propose they should just do it themselves and continue running straight into landmines. 🙄

How about some peace talks? Maybe? Oh wait Boris Johnson thought otherwise...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They are harder and penetrate armour better. So yes they will provide an advantage.

The sooner Russian occupiers are no longer murdering Ukrainians and dropping mines over every square meter of land, the less harm comes to Ukrainians.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Tungsten penetrators perform better than DU ones. They're just more expensive and Ukrainian lives aren't worth that much.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Plenty enough to rip through the Russian armor! These are just old stockpiles of ammunition that weren't getting use anyways.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

love to refresh my arsenal via proxy war

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Love to get rid of my toxic waste by simply poisoning a different populace

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

I know it hard for the recently scratched liberals to understand this, but It's perfectly okay to decommission a weapon, you don't have to use it on people to get rid of it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No individual measure aside from troops on the ground or nukes is going to change the course of the war by itself.

The ammunition is very effective at punching through the armor. But the Ukrainians will be fucked when in 5 years Leukemia in children is skyrocketing

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe but if they lose the war will that be better?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So what, you're suggesting that right now they are "winning"? By what metric are they "winning"? Western brownie points? Because all of the teenagers and young adults that are 6ft under would beg to differ.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

You suggest they roll over and give up?