I hate to cast doubt, but, pictures and autopsies would be required to claim this as an effective weapon.
Never heard that from Syria which was attacked with cholorine bombs. Bucha is a wasteland. The cruelty of what transpired there is the work of someone dedicated to killing and now war.
February 6, 2022
The first World War (click here) was a horrific time to be a soldier on the frontlines. Nations were in a rush to quickly develop and implement the newest and most effective tools of destruction. Before the war, troops had no idea of the true devastation that a tank, fighter pilot, or the various gas canisters could bring. And then there were evil darts....
I haven't a clue how that would work. The bomb would have to explode above the ground. And far enough above the ground to allow the darts to pick up velocity.
...If you filed grooves into the top or added a bird’s feather to the dull end, the dart would always land pointy-side down. Now consider the fact that a single pilot could release a canister filled with around 250 of these darts at a time and you can understand the sheer terror that these things wrought.
The Italians invented the darts before the war, but soon, countries on both sides of No Man’s Land were dropping them on opposing trenches. They were also extremely cheap to make and implement, which means they were used constantly — although the Royal Flying Corps felt they were “unsportsmanlike.” The Germans, on the other hand, were very keen on using the darts on the French. In fact, they had them specially imprinted with the text, “invention Française, fabrication Allemande.” Which roughly translates to, “a French invention, German made.”
