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Originally posted by Eisenschwarz:
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Originally posted by MagiK:
Pretty cool how 300 tonnes of depleted uranium anti-tank rounds used mostly in the remote deserts where the fighting occurred caused cancer in kids hundreds of miles away....not even down wind. O
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“as it spontaneously burns on impact, creating tiny aerosolised glass particles which are small enough to be inhaled. These uranium oxide particles emit all types of radiation, alpha, beta and gamma, and can be carried in the air over long distances."
I understand that but: A. Depleted Uranium isn't causing tank crews to drop dead from the radiation,(because it is not that radioactive) B. Almost all of the DU rounds were fired in unoccupied desert and most importantly of all. C. The Iraqi population centers are NORTH of where these aerosols were supposedly generated..the prevailing winds are west to east. SOOOOOO the people who should be dropping in droves would have to be in Khuzestan Iran and maybe in Basra and northern Kuwait, and not in Baghdad or any other Iraqi population center.
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Ops I noticed you didn't mention which country this might be taking place in. So for all we know it could be in vladivostok.
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It happened In Iraq.
What part of Iraq? Look at the maps and check the prevailing winds, only Bassra could have been affected. There are no other "Population" centers down there. Kuwait and Iran would have been the ones that should be reporting problems not Iraqi's
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Edit: Just for the sake of accuracy here. Missiles are not made of depleted uranium. From what I learned in my "Principles of Guided Missiles and Nuclear weapons" course from the US Navy, the only rounds to use depleted uranium are anti-tank rounds fired by tanks and I believe the A10 Thunderbolt II. The anti-tank missiles use shaped charges known as HEAT rounds and some times tungsten penetrator rods, but as far ans the public inventory goes there are no depleted uranium missiles.
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DU is also used in the armour of the M1A2 abrams in k4wl new honeycomb style, (although not in the ones exported to Saudi Arabia IIRC, Those just had the "export Armour" package)
The LOSAT uses KEM missiles IIRC, But I dunno what the penetrator is.
Well yes the some armor has some DU in it, but I don't think we were tossing tank hulls around to bombard troops or cities. Nearly all penetrators that aren't of a ceramic nature are tungsten. I have never read about any other material.
LOSAT specs show that the penetrator is a "High Density Rod Armour Penetrator" which previously has been used to describe a long tapered tungsten rod.[/QB][/QUOTE]