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Ukrainian drones now spray 4,000° F thermite streams right into Russian trenches (arstechnica.com)

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[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Preface: I am no expert, this is just my understanding.
Weapons that are illegal/considered war crimes fall roughly into categories of:

A. Indiscriminate - kill soldiers and non-combatants/civilians alike (eg. Land mines, incendiary, cluster bombs, etc)

B. Cruel - especially painful ways to die or designed to cause ongoing suffering and maiming. (Eg: gas/chemical warfare, dirty bombs, etc)
A lot of weapons tick both of those boxes, and there are possibly more i am unaware of.