Comments by "M gronich" (@mgronich948) on "Retired colonel reacts to Biden's decision to send Ukraine cluster munitions" video.

  1. You totally don't understand that cluster bombs are useless against Russia soldiers in trenches. They only kill civilians later.
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  2. Retired col is lying through his teeth. Cluster munitions are mostly useless in Ukraine because both sides have extensive trench networks. Because of this Russia does NOT use cluster munittions in Ukraine, not because they're nice guys but because they are inefective. Our cluster munitions will kill/injur 30X more civilians than Russian soldiers. Some simple arithmetic. Say a cluster bomb disperses 1000 bomblets across an area 200m*200m directly over a Russian Zig Zag Trench. On average 2-3 of those will fall within 5m of a Russian Soldier. But with 5% dud there will be 50 bomblets that can kill/injure civilians in the future. 50 civilian casualties for every military casualty. Russia doesn't use cluster bombs in Ukraine. If the cluster bomb is not directly over the trench, zero casualties in the trench, 50 civilians later. This is both stupid, and a war crime.
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  3. You misunderstand how these work. Used against troops in a zig zag trench, on average there will be 25 future civilian casualties for every immediate military casualty. Russia does NOT use cluster munitions because they are ineffective in trench warfare, and they are useless against armored vehicles.
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