Posted on 07/20/2023 7:16:45 AM PDT by bitt
Actually they are fired. US munitions are fired from any 155mm or HIMARS artillery system.
Wiki
... approved DPICM cluster munitions to Ukraine ... The weapon system could be used in both HIMARS and 155mm shell projectiles.
As the Ukrainians use up the cluster bombs the US will soon have to send US replacements for Ukrainians killed.
Volunteers only! “I need volunteers! YOU and YOU and YOU will volunteer for this duty! IS THAT CLEAR!”
And Biden’s men said “SIR, YES SIR!” Trannies excused from such duty!
Russia attacked Ukraine with cluster bombs. It’s tit for tat. Plus, emptying our stockpiles of cluster bombs by sending them to Ukraine is essentially for free, since we otherwise can’t use them.
“Using cluster bombs in battle is a war crime.”
According to... ?
“WW3”
LOL !
We have nuclear weapons too, should we also use them? Asking for a friend.
This will provide Russia with a reason to go after more targets. Syria is a great example of what Russia will soon do in the Ukraine.
The poor Ukrainian civilians will suffer more than anyone else. Ask the Syrians.
Only people in the West believe the Ukrainians are winning. The people of the US are not winning. Look at our economy. Look at the crime rate. Look at our schools. The focus of our leaders is helping ours instead of our own people.
Look at Europe. France is burning. England is a sh*thole. But their governments are sending aid and are focused on the Ukrainians.
What if Russia or China deployed troops to Mexico? Would the US be concerned?
I’m in complete agreement with you.
For some reason, your last two questions would be called anti American by Neocons. I don’t get it.
How many times do you have to be told that Russia has been using Cluster Bombs since the first days they started this war?
Evidently more than once
Why can’t we use CBs, they are part of our arsenal.
These threads get exhausting as informed members have to keep educating others over and over,
For example, this article’s author thinks that using Cluster Bombs is a war crime and the question is why didn’t he at least look into that before writing his article and even if he won’t do research, how is it that he has missed the thousands of times that gets corrected?
Where was all the concern for the last 17 months when Russia was using them?
Russia’s use of cluster munitions causing ‘intense’ harm in Ukraine
May 11, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/12/ukraine-cluster-munitions-human-rights-watch/
Russia Is Accused of Using Cluster Rockets in Ukraine.
March 11, 2022
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-is-accused-of-using-cluster-rockets-in-ukraine-why-those-weapons-are-so-destructive-11646994602
Rights groups and observers say Russia is using cluster bombs in its invasion of Ukraine
March 1, 2022
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-afghanistan-israel-syria-europe-4ac7b012f2b63567ffde368f65283921
Russia accused of using ‘cluster bombs’ in Ukraine as civilian casualties surge
March 4, 2022
https://nypost.com/2022/03/04/russia-accused-of-using-cluster-bombs-in-ukraine-as-civilian-casualties-surge/
How Bellingcat Investigators Verified the Brutal Use of Cluster Munitions in Ukraine
March 18, 2022
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-investigators-use-online-evidence-to-expose-possible-war-crimes/
Bogged-Down Russian Troops Resort to Deadly Cluster Munitions
MARCH 16, 2022
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/16/russia-military-ukraine-cluster-munitions-civilian-casualties/
NATO Accuses Russia of Using Cluster Bombs in Ukraine
March 4, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/nato-ukraine-russia-cluster-bombs.html
Human rights groups and observers say Russia is using cluster bombs in its invasion of Ukraine
MARCH 1, 2022
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-03-01/what-danger-do-cluster-bombs-pose
“the DPICMs Washington will give to Kyiv are fired from 155mm howitzers”
“”””Can you just imagine if Trump had done this?””””
“The Defense Department had been due by 2019 to stop use of any cluster munitions with a rate of unexploded ordnance greater than 1%. But the Trump administration rolled back that policy, allowing commanders to approve use of such munitions.”
The Trump administration cancels a plan to curtail the use of cluster bombs
November 30, 2017
“The policy change, which reverses a 2008 decision by the George W. Bush administration”
Biden is now officially a war criminal.
“Cluster munitions can take decades of expensive remediation to clear...”
Some modern munitions are designed to self-destruct after a certain/variable length of time. Anybody know if that’s the case with these gizmos?
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