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Depleted Uranium: Agent Orange of the 90's. Another Pentagon coverup (1998)

Auteur	Military Toxics Project
Datum	1998
Classificatie	6.05.0.00/10 (VERARMD URANIUM - ALGEMEEN (oa. Gezondheidsonderzoek))
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A Military Toxics Project Fact Sheet

Uranium Weapons:

In the 1991 Persian Gulf War, U.S. forces used depleted uranium as both armor
piercing bullets and as tank armor for the first time. These weapons are both
radioactive and toxic. Uranium Oxide particles formed during production, testing,
and battlefield use pose a long term threat to human health and the environment.

Uranium weapons are effective antitank "penetrators" because they are extremely
dense. A slug of uranium weighs twice as much as a piece of lead the same size.
When alloyed with titanium, uranium is extremely hard. Uranium is also
"pyrophoric", which means it burns upon impact.

The U.S. Military chose to develop uranium weapons not only because they are
promised to be effective, but because the metal itself is very cheap. Depleted
uranium is material that remains when enriched fissionable uranium- that is,
capable of generating a nuclear explosion or nuclear power- is separated from
natural uranium. The U.S. stockpile exceeds a billion pounds. Uranium weapons
production is the nuclear bombmakers' idea of "recycling".

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