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sphyesterday at 6:00 PM4 repliesview on HN

If you are as ignorant as me:

"A double tap, or double-tap, is the practice of following a strike [...] with a deliberately timed second strike in the same place several minutes later, usually in an attempt to maximize the casualties of an attack."

"Double-tap strikes have been used by Saudi Arabia during its military intervention in Yemen, by the United States in Pakistan, Yemen, and the Gulf of Mexico, by Israel in the 2014 Gaza War, the Gaza war (2023-present), and the 2026 Lebanon war. by Russia and the Ba'athist Syria in the Syrian civil war, and by Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian War, especially since the full-scale invasion in 2022."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_tap_strike


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foruharyesterday at 10:41 PM

The recent bombing of the bridge in Iran was apparently a double-tap strike by the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Karaj_B1_bridge_attack

0cf8612b2e1eyesterday at 6:34 PM

I thought the US was caught doing a similar thing to those boats it was destroying because they might be carrying drugs.

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milutinoviciyesterday at 6:55 PM

Truly horrific

ButlerianJihadyesterday at 6:41 PM

The importance of the “double tap” was expounded by Columbus in Zombieland as Rule #2 to survive the apocalypse.

https://zombieland.fandom.com/wiki/Zombieland_Rules