• @pspssp@lemmy.eco.br
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    1712 hours ago

    One of the scary things of the world right now is that awful things like this seem reasonable. The whole rearming of Europe is both necessary and awful (not to mention how annoying it is that for years there mostly has been less and less money across the continent for welfare but suddenly billions of euros are conjured up for war and investment in arms companies)

    • @Stitch0815@feddit.org
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      311 hours ago

      (not to mention how annoying it is that for years there mostly has been less and less money across the continent for welfare but suddenly billions of euros are conjured up for war and investment in arms companies)

      Conservatives in a nutshell

  • @Frostbeard@lemmy.world
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    1913 hours ago

    As a former mine clearer the world does not need more mines. But as a former combat engineer mines done correctly (with proper mapping, fencing and marking) is way to control an axis. That’s why it still has its uses. Problem is 10 years down the line when the maps are lost, fencing gone and no markings.

    • @Vincent@feddit.nl
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      19 hours ago

      I also heard that modern mines had some precautions as well, such as getting deactivated after a while?

      • @Frostbeard@lemmy.world
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        14 hours ago

        Not really kept up on developments, but you can probably have a detonator that degrades. In rock blasting electronic detonaors are more and more prevalent. But might defy the purpose of being dirt cheap.

    • @Vincent@feddit.nl
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      08 hours ago

      I also heard that modern mines had some precautions as well, such as getting deactivated after a while?

    • @Vincent@feddit.nl
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      09 hours ago

      I also heard that modern mines had some precautions as well, such as getting deactivated after a while?

  • @Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org
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    14 hours ago

    This is a direct consequence of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, very much like Finland and Sweden’s Nato membership.

  • @gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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    -614 hours ago

    I mean we don’t really need these kind of contracts if we only join in peace times and get out as soon as there are tensions.

    • @Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org
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      913 hours ago

      Such agreements work if you have neighbors who are committed to human rights and the international law. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

      • @gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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        211 hours ago

        Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t want to judge the step by Poland, but to question the meaning of these treaties at all.