@Rapidcreek to politics • 10 months agoUS military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operationapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square58arrow-up1248arrow-down110cross-posted to: world
arrow-up1238arrow-down1external-linkUS military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operationapnews.com@Rapidcreek to politics • 10 months agomessage-square58cross-posted to: world
minus-square@Burninator05link17•10 months agoThey are almost certainly MREs. All anyone did to make them ready for this is pull them off a shelf and put them on a pallet.
minus-squareMilksteaks [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish13•10 months agoThat or humanitarian daily rations, they’re much more cost effective and readily available than MREs, and specifically used for humanitarian crisis
minus-square@aidanMlink5•10 months agoAlso are made to comply with dietary restrictions so are often vegetarian or halal
minus-square@perviouslyinerlink3•10 months agoGiven that they are HDR, does that mean they can drop individual packets instead of crates? They were designed to avoid the crowd crush associated with parachute crates.
They are almost certainly MREs. All anyone did to make them ready for this is pull them off a shelf and put them on a pallet.
That or humanitarian daily rations, they’re much more cost effective and readily available than MREs, and specifically used for humanitarian crisis
Also are made to comply with dietary restrictions so are often vegetarian or halal
Given that they are HDR, does that mean they can drop individual packets instead of crates? They were designed to avoid the crowd crush associated with parachute crates.