US used depleted uranium rounds in anti-IS air strikes: military

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http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/LIHVTZBYCEsv7v8p3fx1Fw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/ab9f3c09fb4e1c41c2c148113fb29bb668ca2fa4.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-used-depleted-uranium-rounds-anti-air-strikes-221442215.html)The United States used depleted uranium anti-tank rounds on two occasions in 2015 during devastating air strikes against convoys of Islamic State tanker trucks, the Pentagon said Thursday. The military prizes depleted uranium munitions for their armor-piercing capabilities as well as for protective armor for tanks and vehicles. A by-product of uranium enrichment, depleted uranium "is mildly radioactive, with about 60 percent of the activity of natural uranium," it says.



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