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The strait is now mined at least partially. Country of origin doesn't matter when there are mines in the water.
by int0x29 7mo ago
The strait is now mined at least partially. Country of origin doesn't matter when there are mines in the water.
- overfeed 7mo agoWe really are overdue for mines with IFF and can inert themselves temporarily for blue ships.
- XorNot 7mo agoThe problem is systems like that have a failure rate. Self deactivating land mines exist - and sometimes fail to do this (3/100 was the rate I heard a few years ago). Same problem with cluster munitions: it's not how they work. It's that a bunch of the bomblets fail to work, then leave UXO around which explodes a child's hand later.
- hinkley 7mo agoThis is going to be an environmental disaster.
- overfeed 7mo agoOnly if there's no diplomatic resolution - however unlikely.