The British government recently made a decision to send depleted uranium weapons
to Ukraine. On March 20th junior defence minister baroness Annabel Goldierevealed in a parliamentary written answer that the advanced Challenger 2 tanksthat are being supplied will have RM3 armour piercing depleted uranium (DU)rounds. The tanks were recently delivered. ---- Similarly, the Bidenadministration also recently decided to supply deleted uranium shells for M1A1Abrams tanks that the US will supply to Ukraine. ---- DU is a byproduct of thenuclear fuel cycle, so plenty of it is readily available. ---- Depleted uraniumammo has been used in the Gulf War in 1990-1991, the Kosovo conflict in theBalkans in 1998-1999 and in U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.As a very dense heavy metal deleted uranium is extremely good at piercing tankarmour., about 1.7 times more effective than lead. It then breaks up into tinyfiery particles that destroy everything inside a tank.A fine dust is created that is radioactive AND highly toxic. Anywhere where theyare used will be contaminated and it is impossible to completely decontaminatesuch sites.This dust can be absorbed by humans through food or by breathing it in., orthrough shrapnel fragments lodged in bodies. It can cause alteration and damageto the genome, malformations of the human body in the womb, impaired fertility inboth men and women, cancer in almost all organs, kidney failure and behaviouralproblems.Whilst the UK is supplying DU to Ukraine, it is phasing out its use in the newChallenger 3 tanks due to appear in 2027 for use by its armed forces . The USA isalso phasing out its use in a process due to be completed by 2026.The use of depleted uranium in Ukraine will have a long-term effect on both theenvironment and people.https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2023/06/29/depleted-uranium-and-ukraine/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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