A Swiss remote-controlled mine-clearing machine is ready to be sent to Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.
  • @zabadoh@lemmy.ml
    1•1 year ago

    Hey waitaminit, de-mining equipment is very much appreciated, but are these the same Swiss who are supposed to be neutral, and blocked sending Leopard 1’s to Ukraine?

    • @Serdan@lemm.ee
      2•1 year ago

      You can be neutral and help with de-mining efforts. It’s a service to humanity, not picking a side.

  • @mycatiskai
    1•1 year ago

    Do they send these remote control machines out to countries where the western countries dropped thousands of mines? Or do they just send them trained minesweeper rats and hope for the best.

    Ukraine definitely needs this, but it’s surprising they didn’t send these out in all those countries that America and other Western countries mined up years ago and left to delimb children.

    • @ollie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2•1 year ago

      when’s the last time America used ap mines? most if not all mines in NATO’s arsenal are smart mines that kill themselves after a set amount of time