@NavalExplorer to [email protected] • edit-211 months agoHow US Patriot defences are reducing ‘unstoppable’ Russian missiles to shrapnelwww.thetimes.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17arrow-up1161arrow-down14
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•11 months 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-squareBombOmOmlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•11 months agoSure. But a shrapnel hitting something random is better than an explosive + shrapnel hitting its target.
minus-square@VictorPrincipumlinkEnglish-9•11 months 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?