The United States government has announced providing another package of military assistance to Ukraine, particularly ammunition with depleted uranium.
United States announces provision of depleted uranium shells to Ukraine and much more
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/6/7418737/
5 Comments
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I don't like the use of depleted uranium munitions in war.
But on the other hand the article came with a pop-up written in Cyrillic, so I'm not going to take it at face value.
lusterko@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Why? It's as dangerous as regular munitions, just more dense.
It's a Ukrainian website, so it might have some popups in Ukrainian
Tozne@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/2/e004166
This review concludes that the safety of this material has not been settled.
mihies@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
How would be uranium that is part of an explosion and dissipation not a problem to health? Even if it is low radiation.
lusterko@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, I've read more about it, and it seems that DU isn't as safe as I thought.