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How US Patriot defences are reducing ‘unstoppable’ Russian missiles to shrapnel (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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[+] [B] -14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Shrapnel kills, too.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Sure. But a shrapnel hitting something random is better than an explosive + shrapnel hitting its target.

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