I couldn't believe I heard a local "news" anchor say that! I've NEVER heard of any bomb being called a "munition" when it comes to reporting. Imagine if there had been stories about the "munitioning" of London, or dropping an atomic "munition". The media people are just so sleazy in their reporting. If they don't outright lie, or just omit, they hide/distort (I'm going blank on the best word to describe this since I just woke up :) ) like in this case.
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Munitions & Submunitions
I understand what you are saying, because if the Russians were using those weapons, the media would be screaming "CLUSTER BOMBS!", a much more emotional term to shock the general public.
Munitions is a common term in Military circles.
They may have used the term "Munition" because both aerial cluster bombs and artillery cluster bomblet shells are being used.
I think they know what they are doing when they change common terms like this. When I lived in MIssissippi, casinos were being voted on by the citizens. The "pro Casino" groups referred to "gaming", not "gambling". Subtle word changes like this can make a difference in the way people perceive things. Sort of like "abortion" being called "family planning".
Technically they are munitions. They aren't dropped in bombs anymore. They use 155 mm artillery shells
I know that, but it would be like calling a hand-grenade, a "manually deployed explosive device" :)
The Mockingbird "journalists" always use weasel words to soften bad news, and pejorative trigger words to enhance opposing views. Thus we have "a Qanon paranoid movie" to describe "Sound of Freedom."
Ignorance is bliss I guess for all the people who are blind to what is going on! It is aggravating for those of us who see through what is going on.
Yes, a classic case of "Nelsonian Knowledge" (if you're familiar with that term). People SHOULD be aware of the things we are aware of, but prefer comforting lies to uncomfortable truths.
They aren't 'Daisy Cutters' anymore?
I had to look that up: A daisy cutter is a type of fuse or bomb that detonates at or above ground level. It can refer to a fuse that has a long probe attached to the bomb’s nose, which triggers the explosion if it touches the ground or any solid object. It can also refer to a bomb that is dropped from an aircraft and explodes just above the ground, releasing smaller explosives over a large area
Yes. That
An innocuous name for a lethal weapon.
Daisy Cutters are probably still in use and very effective in the right application.
We have to be careful not to give these creatures ideas. Sleepy Joe will realise there are wonderful new toys for his Ukrainian friends to play with.
The Russians would find that tedious and boring, then ramp up their favourite toys, artillery and hypersonic missiles as a gentle reminder to the Ukrainians that they are playing by "big boys rules" now.