10/09/2023
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”.
When it comes to landmines, unexploded ordnance and the deadly debris that wars and conflict leave behind, it looks like the world is taking one step forward, and two steps back. From the jungles of Colombia to the arid lands of Yemen to the once productive wheat and sunflower fields in Ukraine, there are probably more landmines and unexploded bomblets in the Earth’s soil than ever. Three decades after Princess Diana helped bring the world’s attention to the topic and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines won the Nobel Peace Prize, Russia is seeding Ukraine with landmines every day and dropping cluster munitions. These are bombs that explode and spread smaller bomblets, often with high dud rates. Ukraine, deciding that it needed every tool available to kick out the Russians, asked the United States for — and received — its own cluster munitions. And the Biden administration — one would think after vigorous internal debate — agreed. The cold hard calculus: kill Russian soldiers today, bring a quicker end to the war — worry about the cleanup later.
Photo-Source: nationaldefensemagazine.org
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Biography of a Bomb
Dear editors, Biography of a bomb is aimed at highlighting the danger caused by unexploded bombs. Moreover, the most important aspect is that we work completely non profit, what drives us is raising awerness about this topic. We make use of your pictures and articles, but we need them to put a context in how findings are done. We trust in your understanding. We will (and we always do) cite the source and the author. We thank you for your comprehension.
