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stopdropandprole
lemmy.world

...suggest a short-range ballistic missile called a Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) was used to bomb a sports hall, school, and residential neighborhood in Lamerd.

The missiles are newly developed and are designed to detonate just above a target and propel small tungsten pellets into the surrounding area.

...The Times reported that munitions experts had analyzed footage of a weapon in flight over a residential area about 900 feet from the sports hall and school, showing the missile erupting “in a large fireball midair.”

Another video showed an explosion in midair just above the sports hall and nearby school, and photos of the aftermath showed the sites with numerous holes, presumably from the tungsten pellets.

...The sports hall in Lamerd was reportedly being used by a children’s volleyball team at the time of the strike; fourth grader Helma Ahmadizadeh and fifth grader Elham Zaeri were among those killed while at volleyball practice, according to an Iran-based journalist, Negin Bagheri.

Zaeri’s father “described her as an avid volleyball player, who would always turn up to the sports hall 20 to 25 minutes early,” the BBC reported.

The outlet also said the youngest victim of the suspected PrSM strike was two years old.

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chaogomureply
lemmy.world

A missile that fires hundreds of bullets in random directions is called "precision".

And these ghouls used one on a civilian area.

I don't actually think the use of such a missile can ever not be a war crime.

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ChristerMLBreply
piefed.social

I don't see how the missile itself should be considered a war crime, but using it in a civilian area certainly should be.

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one_step_behindreply
quokk.au

This is just a game to these assholes. A chance for them to play with their new toys. Fucking disgusting.

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frunchreply
lemmy.world

In case anyone doubts what you said:

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Dan Caine also celebrated the use of the PrSM in a press conference on March 13, reported the BBC, saying the US military had “made history” and carried out attacks with “precision and determination that comes from relentless training and trust in each other and in their weapon systems.”

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D_Creply
sh.itjust.works

Youngest victim was two years old!

Fucks sake, americans, do something about the orange cunt. Fuck.

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Kissakireply
feddit.org

It's sad the military and its personnel participates, is complicit, instead of saying no.

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AnUnusualRelicreply
lemmy.world

The missiles are newly developed and are designed to detonate just above a target and propel small tungsten pellets into the surrounding area.

That's not really very new, that kind of thing was widely used in WWI.

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SippyCupreply
lemmy.world

This particular missile is new, it's just using an old idea.

Turns out we kinda figured out the best way to blow things up a long time ago and everything we've done since then has been a series of trade offs on the same handful of ideas.

It's likely using "better" guidance technology, or goes faster, or can recite the pledge of allegiance as it ruthlessly murders innocent people.

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Bluewingreply
lemmy.world

Air burst bombs have been a thing since the late 1700s. They used iron balls instead of tungsten, but that matters little to the victims.

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minorkeysreply
lemmy.world

Highly developed coping mechanisms to protect them from their own weaknesses.

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Rhaedas
fedia.io

I'd comment on the question of whether or not such a weapon should even be legal to use, but since they're bombing schools, hospitals, and houses with no consequences to them, I don't think ethics is on the table right now.

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SillyDude
lemmy.zip

This warhead has been around for years. The Ukrainians tested it on Russians for the US. The US has been using them on all the "drug boats" in the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific. Watch any of the footage, you'll see the blast pattern of the tungsten in the water around every boat.

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halcyoncmdrreply
piefed.social

It's also meant as an alternative to traditional older cluster munitions which often leave unexploded ordnance behind.

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ButtermilkBiscuit
feddit.nl

Thanks magats, we knew you loved fucking kids now we know you love killing them too.

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innermachinereply
lemmy.world

Usually it's one before the other, but they'll take what they can get since the party island got busted

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perestroika
slrpnk.net

PrSM is not mysterious. It's a boring old (boring new) ballistic missile.

But both of them missed the obvious target in the area by several buildings' distance. :(

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