NavalExplorer@sh.itjust.works to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · edit-21 year agoHow US Patriot defences are reducing ‘unstoppable’ Russian missiles to shrapnelwww.thetimes.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down15
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkHow US Patriot defences are reducing ‘unstoppable’ Russian missiles to shrapnelwww.thetimes.co.ukNavalExplorer@sh.itjust.works to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · edit-21 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareCleverdawny@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoShrapnel kills things when a fragmentation warhead explodes at a proper distance from the target. If a missile gets blown up thousands of feet in the air the only way it’s hurting anyone is if a large piece falls on their head and brains them.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down10·1 year agoSure. But a shrapnel hitting something random is better than an explosive + shrapnel hitting its target.
minus-squareVictorPrincipum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·1 year agoWell it might miss the hospital but what is f the shrapnel hits the ammo depot?
Shrapnel kills, too.
Shrapnel kills things when a fragmentation warhead explodes at a proper distance from the target. If a missile gets blown up thousands of feet in the air the only way it’s hurting anyone is if a large piece falls on their head and brains them.
Sure. But a shrapnel hitting something random is better than an explosive + shrapnel hitting its target.
Well it might miss the hospital but what is f the shrapnel hits the ammo depot?
What if it hits putin?