The article explains that depleted uranium is not particularly dangerous as a radioactive source. It is dangerous for its chemical properties, similar to lead.
Sure Chad, when those bombs and shells blow up stuff it creates dust smoke and debris that is breathed by troops from both sides, and all those civilians whose houses schools and businesses are shelled. Forever unless their towns are cleaned up as toxic sites.
Once that dust is inhaled ( or otherwise ingested in water) it does a job on the human body. Perhaps forever. Pretty graphic studies of the deformed infants born in the Iraqi towns where these weapons were used,
Want a job cleaning up some the sites in the US where these weapons were used? EPA wont’t even touch some of them.
The article explains that depleted uranium is not particularly dangerous as a radioactive source. It is dangerous for its chemical properties, similar to lead.
It’s sounds scary though. So the Kremlin’s fellow travelers will use it to gaslight the uninformed. What the Russians are really upset about is it is much more cost effective and efficient way to destroy old Russian garbage tanks/vehicles with one of these rounds than with something like a Javelin.