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Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by listenallyall on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @08:12PM (#21709043)
Wait, didn't even reach the absurd final paragraph. If I have a bomb with a blast radius of say, 200 meters, which I drop 50 meters inside an Italian border, knowing full well the blast radius extends into France, you are still claiming deaths in France from my bomb are just an accident?
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Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by tchaffee on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @08:30PM (#21709158)
Please point out where I said you know the blast radius and which direction it heads. Not to mention it's an analogy and I'm not a bombing expert. You can probably figure out my point.
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Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by listenallyall on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @10:12PM (#21709650)
>> a bomb dropped on an Italian border in WWII might accidentally kill ally French citizens

"On an Italian border." Where else could the blast possibly go, except on both sides of the border?

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Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by tchaffee on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @10:24PM (#21709705)
The other possibility is one side of the border.
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Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by listenallyall on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @11:00PM (#21709865)
That would be an impossibility with WWII technology. It's irrelevant -- the scenario you described already acknowledged the bomb crossing the border and killing French citizens on the other side.
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Re:Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war? by tchaffee on Thursday December 05, 2019 @06:17AM (#21711489)
It's not impossible. Some of that border has steep mountains. Bombs don't always drop where you plan. Which is called an accident.
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