US Admits to Using Radioactive Munitions in Syria

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  1. Aphotic

    Aphotic Banned

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    DU is dangerous because it is still poisonous, even if the radioactivity isn't as large as normal. It still contaminates water supplies.
     
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    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    EXACTLY.
     
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    BestViewedWithCable Well-Known Member

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    DU is radio active.

    Its not the shells in particular that are the problem.

    Once they impact a target, lotsa metal becomes vaporized into dust, which then gets inhaled.
     
  4. Dayton3

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    Most metals are to one degree or the other.
     
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    most metals arent radioactive
     
  6. Striped Horse

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    WMD weapons were found. Old and crusted and western supplied.

    A decent search engine and some perseverance will show you this.

    But I don't think you want to know.

    Congratulations on your very nice bolding btw.
     
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    That was part of the project called The American Decline... According to it the military would get shrunken to provide the space the Eurasian powers have been enjoying so far in certain regions like ME, East Mediterranean, South China Sea, Eastern Europe and Caucasus... Obama was just a hitman who was really good at acting to be seem on the side of the victim while all he was doing is victimizing the American power before these so called "rising powers" like China, Russia, Iran, etc. He not only sucked all the positive energy and hope out the true American patriots had towards their nation but through assisting an effective mass demand-manipulation created a general public support for Trump's "isolationist" policies...

    No good...
     
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  8. Thingamabob

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    Even my bolding displeases you. :no:
     
  9. SiNNiK

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    lol, and not a word about being wrong in regards to the WMD's. smh.
     
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    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I've said all that needs saying. You can tell him he's wrong if you think it will help.
     
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    It's you who is wrong, but I like your pluck.

    ;)
     
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    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You think it is I who is wrong? I thought you were smarter than that. Maybe I have you confused with someone else.
     
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    I don't think the radioactivity of it is much of a problem since my searches say that fiestaware that has UO2 or DU glazing is OK to use. The toxicity of it is a problem but I could not find if it's much worse than lead.
     
  14. Striped Horse

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    I loved your bolding. It was the best part of your post.
     
  15. SiNNiK

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    Yeah you probably do.

    Why do you not consider chemical agent to be a WMD?
     
  16. Thingamabob

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    I can see now that it might upset you. It's alright.
     
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    Naw.
    Me? I have no definition of my own. Whoever has his finger on the trigger can call his target anything he likes. The only thing is I believe in fairness so if the shooter fits the description of his own spin he automatically becomes the object of my aim as well. However clear or ambiguous Bush Baby Junior worded the object of his anger, it'll just have to do. He said he was invading because of WMD's then he admitted there were none (and that "no one ever suggested that there were any") and he feigned he was misunderstood when what he really meant was "regime change". So I don't understand your question or why you put it to me.
     
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    Bless you.
     
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    Hopefully the rounds hit their mark.
     
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    I doubt very much that matters.

    Since the people are typically dead and we have typically gone to considerable efforts to make them so.

    Dead people don't breathe.
    Enemy tanks don't hang out in fresh water supplies. Tanks sink. Inhaling water kills.

    On a scale of 1 to 100 this whole issue is around about the "1" level of concern. Asinine.

    DU is dangerous because it is travelling at Mach 4.
    Mass = resistance to change in velocity. Which means it won't stop travelling at Mach 4 when it makes contact with your body.
     
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  21. SiNNiK

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    No more so than conventional munitions.
     
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