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To: BenLurkin

Nothing really. The civilian use cases for depleted uranium are well known.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Civilian_applications

It’s used in dental porcelain for example. I have a mouth full of veneers and bridgework so I’ve probably got depleted uranium in my mouth all the time.

(Hey, I’m a Brit. I could’ve stuck with shocking Brit teeth and not bothered, but I chose the American Scary Bleach White Smile look. We call that “Hobson’s Choice.”)

And of course it was used in Boeing 747-100 construction.

Russia really is just trolling with this one - Depleted Uranium rounds on the battlefield (which lest we forget is a response to Russia creating a battlezone in east Ukraine - this wasn’t an issue before Feb 22) is less harmful to the environment and far less nasty than the magnesium alloy ML-5, and 9M22S rockets with thermite incendiary submunitions.


13 posted on 03/22/2023 10:33:24 AM PDT by MalPearce ("You see, but you do not observe". https://www.thefabulous.co/s/2uHEJdj)
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To: MalPearce

interesting that Russia is now concerned about DU, but had no problems with shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant last year ...


16 posted on 03/22/2023 10:44:39 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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