Opinion: Since their peak production period during the Cold War, a wide array of more accurate and reliable weapons has become available.#dn-dnr #cluster-munitions #nato #lithuania #ccm #geneva #ukraine #dpicm #circulated-defense-news #circulated-air-force-times #circulated-army-times #circulated-marine-corps-times #circulated-military-times #circulated-navy-times
No, NATO doesn’t need to return to failed cluster munitions
#DPICM
#ammo
А вот и #DPICM (те самые "кассетные" снаряды) на вооружении ВСУ. На фото 155-мм фугасные снаряды увеличенной дальности #M864 HE ER DP (DODIC D864), установленные для перевозки в деревянные паллеты (по 8 снарядов). Каждый M864 несете 72 боевых элемента комбинированного действия, дальность стрельбы до 28 км.
According to #Nexta the first (documented) use of western delivered #Cluster #Munitions by #Ukraine in Ukraine.
It seems to be filmed in a quality well enough that you can count the single impacts, allowing to assess if and how many unexploded bomblets are in the area.
@chybnej @SimonB @noelreports #DPICM is probably going to help in case Russia is actually planning a large scale offensive ;-)
Now that the #US is going ahead and providing #Ukraine with cluster bombs here's a 1 minute rundown what is a cluster bomb:
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