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Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again?

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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm just glad that as an Adult in the room, I'm on the right side of history. Arming Ukranian Nazis with depleted uranium is actually the least evil option and anyone who doesn't understand that is a child.

Another 50 billion for the cause!

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

The 500k homeless people in the US humbly accept and understand.

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[–] sewerkat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The amount of ruscist sympathisers in this thread is depressing. Are depleted uranium munitions fucked up? Yeah and they shouldn't be used. But that isn't an excuse to bootlick a fascist invader that is already performing ethnic cleansing on territories they took last year

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I'm sure Ukrainian soldiers on the front line are worried about cancer and birth defects.

[–] flipht@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (21 children)

It's not about them. It's the children who find the spent ammo later.

This crap is the reason that there are birth defects spikes anywhere the US military operates.

[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Ok but the alternatives are not environmentally conscious either, finally the people who’s land it is should be the ones making choices about the conditions of that land

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[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is ammo made from lead that much better? I honestly don't know. Sure the radiation sucks but Uranium, at least the isotope they're sending is "barely" radioactive. It's the same Uranium people had in their plates etc. The toxicity is probably the far more relevant factor but I don't know how Uranium compares to lead.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 year ago

Depleted uranium is not really that radioactive. Everything is technically radioactive eventually though. Depleted uranium is what's left behind when you seperate the radioactive stuff out. It's a heavy metal still, so isn't good for you, but heavy metals will always be involved. Trying to have a war using only healthy, organic, ethically sourced munitions isn't going to happen.

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