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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When humans are dedicated to killing each other

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

What a colossal waste it was.

[–] b00m@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Drumfire

For people who have not yet listened to it, I highly recommend Dan Carlin's 'Blueprint For Armageddon'

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What did they do with them? Melt them down on-site or transport them elsewhere?

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Transport them, probably. Can't imagine it'd be cost-effective to build a mass smelter wherever the front is, not to mention that you'd still have to transport the metal afterwards anyway.