Russia Just Used a Radioactive Drone in Ukraine for the First Time
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-just-used-a-radioactive-drone-in-ukraine-for-the-first-time-heres-what-we-know-18991
Russia Just Used a Radioactive Drone in Ukraine for the First Time
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-just-used-a-radioactive-drone-in-ukraine-for-the-first-time-heres-what-we-know-18991
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Depleted uranium shells. Not uncommon
> Further examination found that the missile’s warhead contained depleted uranium, striking elements identified as Uranium-235 and Uranium-238.
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Tbh the British challenger tanks given to Ukraine use depleted uranium shells.
Putin made a whole bunch of threats back then about NATO giving Ukraine weapons with a “nuclear component.”
So without reading the article (which I’ll do now), this seems like a nothing burger if the drone is just using depleted uranium munitions
This might mean they’re using older missiles indicating supply issues.
Please someone correct me if I’m wrong but depleted uranium is typically used in high velocity penetrators to add a lot of mass as it’s incredibly dense. Typically this is in discarding sabot sub-calibur solid darts when used as a tank round.
I’m confused as to why this would be used in part of what might be an explosive anti-armor shell, or does DU have an application in shaped charge other explosive driven penetrators?
Same side screaming about “dirty bomb this, dirty bomb that” btw. Fucking bastards the lot of them.
i support Ukraine but that’s a pretty misleading and sensationalist title
To be fair, this seems pointless and stupid.
As far as i know, someone correct me if i’m wrong, depleted uranium shells’ usefulness is that while they are heated by friction with the air, as they travel to their target, they get superheated and sharpened and this is how they penetrate reinforced armor plates.
Dropped, or even launched munitions from drones can never achieve the high velicity needed for the superheated/sharpened effect…
So, seems like stupid scare tactics, or just plain stupid.
As always, Russia plays the dirtiest.
Package it up and return to sender in the red square.