Not quite.
As I say all the time about alt/indy media is what separates it from MsM is the analysis.....and I quickly read through NYTimes article.........and as expected they treat their readers like dummies.
The article says that it is ok for the weapon to be used by militaries and is used to hide troop movements....but it fails to say is that it has been internationally banned as an offensive weapon of war.....the NY Times forgot that little piece of information.....so a poster like 88m3, would read it and not realize that using it in civilian populated areas is a universally bannned practice.....yet he needs MsM to verify the story...