From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Robert G Lewis wrote:
> "Monte Davis"  wrote in message
> news:n4i9e2lc0jo10n82bkivnvtu1sno9s5vs6{at}4ax.com...
>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote:
>>
>>> Just a minor point as I consider the rockets with their ball bearings to
>>> be
>>> very nasty beasts and possibly a war crime.
>> That would be hard to sustain, as maximizing the number of flying
>> metal fragments has been a high priority for most exploding munitions
>> of the last half millennium.
>>
>> Hint: the deep grooves in the classic US "pineapple"
hand grenade were
>> not *just* to provide a better grip.
>
> Wouldn't it depend on the use ?
>
> One normally would have a good idea where the Hand grenade would wind up.
> With the rockets .........  Tossing one of the hand grenades into a crowd of
> known civilians would probably be considered a war crime as well ( or using
> a cluster bomb on a civilian target)
>
>
Oh so say targeting a known UN position would be what?

Adam

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