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(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:24, archived)
# War Criminal
Just about all American bullets, tank shells, missiles, dumb bombs, smart bombs, 500 and 2,000 pound bombs, cruise missiles, and anything else engineered to help our side in the war has Uranium in it. Lots of Uranium.

When the uranium bullets, missiles, or bombs hit something or explode most of the radioactive uranium turns instantly into very, very small dust particles, too fine to even see (they call it: uranium oxide, that's the really bad stuff). When US troops or Iraqis breathe even a tiny amount into their lungs, as little as One Gram, it is the same as getting an X-Ray every hour for the rest of their shortened life.

The uranium cannot be removed, there is no treatment, there is no cure. The uranium will long outlast the veterans' and the Iraqis' bodies though; for, you see, it lasts virtually forever.
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:26, archived)
# and tonight they'll probably re-elect a criminal!
50% of the voters seems to be retards!!
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:30, archived)
# Let's hope only 46% this time.
Think Positive!
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:40, archived)
# let's do that for them!
if the monkey gets back they'll start a new civil war!!
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:43, archived)
# Ah...anti-nuclear propaganda.
Uranium is not used in the bombs. Depleted uranium is. The difference is that it is not radioactive to a dangerous degree (the radioactive isotopes are removed from the crude uranium , and used in nuclear power plants). Some of the ammunition will ionise when it hits something, but for most explossives, this is not really a problem as when it explodes it destroys everything around it. The ions also do not stay in the air.
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:47, archived)
# hahahahahahaha 4.5 billion years of safety ahead
Depleted uranium is chemically toxic. It is an extremely dense, hard metal, and can cause chemical poisoning to the body in the same way as can lead or any other heavy metal. However, depleted uranium is also radiologically hazardous, as it spontaneously burns on impact, creating tiny aerosolised glass particles which are small enough to be inhaled. These uranium oxide particles emit all types of radiation, alpha, beta and gamma, and can be carried in the air over long distances. Depleted uranium has a half life of 4.5 billion years
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:51, archived)
# Thank you .. I was just about to point that one out.
Given that military helecopters use D.U. on their rotorblades (to improve the characteristics of angualar momentum) I doubt they'd be doing it with radioactive isotopes.
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:53, archived)
# Commercial airliners also use DU
as counter balances for control surfaces. This includes the 747 and most other modern passenger aircraft.

Did briefly get involved in radioactive stuff including DU, back then it was not considered too much of a problem as DU is about half as radioactive as natural uranium. But... research was onging...

And classified...
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 19:06, archived)
# Ah... anti-anti-nuclear propaganda
Since it isn't possible to remove all U-235 there's still plenty in depleted uranium, I think around 5% which is plenty to screw you over quite nicely. An explosion doesn't actually destroy any atoms, except nuclear exposions obviously. All it does is break a nice lump of uranium into dust which you can inhale and spread it round the place.

On the other hand it is army people breathing it so more uranium I say.
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 18:58, archived)
# Have a proper gander while we're at it
(, Tue 2 Nov 2004, 19:06, archived)