• IHave69XiBucks
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    2 months ago

    I have a theory on this id like to share. I do not think they are using neutron bombs. But i think instead they are lacing conventional weapons with small amounts of enriched uranium.

    Why would they do this? Well i believe there are 2 reasons. 1 is the cause of a health crisis from the radiation and higher rates of cancer and other issues but i dont think thats the main one.

    The 2nd and most important reason they do this in my opinion is tracking.

    You find a small outpost of fighters, and hit them with a bomb laced with enriched uranium particles. The bombs are likely designed not to kill everyone in the area immediately. Then the uranium get all over, and inside the people in the outpost, and those people flee to other nearby outposts or bases of whatever faction you are targeting. You can then track the radiation trail left behind by the survivors and follow them right to any other bases in that area.

    This explains why the other signs of nuclear weapons use are not there. Because it is in fact a conventional weapon. It would also only require a small amount of enriched uranium so would be harder to detect and explain why we didnt figure it out sooner.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      that would be an idea if they were bombing combatants. 99% of ‘tracks’ they’d actually get from bombsites would be civilians and aid workers

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        2 months ago

        this method also works for them actually. If your goal is to kill them all you can track survivors to their next hiding spot and hit them again. Would also help you find any makeshift medical treatment areas and destroy those too. You gotta start thinking like a genocidal maniac to understand why these people do what they do.

    • KobaCumTribute [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      I once had a former USAF psyops officer claim the Air Force was doing something like that during the first Gulf War, but he was drunk and rambling in a boastful “good old days” sort of way that included pulling out a zip lock bag full of old psyops leaflets he’d kept as souvenirs, so not the most reliable source.