• silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    6 hours ago

    Land mines are still getting widely used in Ukraine despite there now being drones. Why is this any different?

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      5 hours ago

      The straight is a very narrow area to cover. Tankers are slow moving through the straight. It’s just different than trying to deny a wide open space from both vehicles and infantry.

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        4 hours ago

        Still makes a lot of sense to me that they’d try to deploy at least some mines; needing an Iranian pilot to get through the strait would provide one more advantage.