The United States has no business employing such cruel weapons. The United Nations classifies depleted-uranium ammunition as an illegal weapons of mass destruction because of their long-term impacts ...

The U.S. Air Force possesses advanced precision-strike capabilities and could target Iran’s nuclear facilities and related ...

Depleted uranium has several properties that make it highly attractive for military applications. It’s high density means that it makes a good warhead for anti-tank munitions. Depleted uranium ...

The Royal Navy is phasing out depleted uranium ammunition used on some of its warships after the American manufacturers stopped producing the shells over safety concerns, it emerged today.

Congressman Jim McDermott's bill to study the effects of Depleted Uranium munitions has successfully passed the house of Congress. Some scientists have argued that Depleted Uranium causes kidney ...

The document from 1997 - The Use and Hazards of Depleted Uranium Munitions, which was based on research carried out in 1993 - adds: 'All personnel should have a full medical history taken and be ...

The growing alarm over the alleged toxicity of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition also prompted Russia to demand a summit of NATO members on the issue. A furore over the tank-busting shells has ...

The Serbian expert compared the use of depleted uranium in Yugoslavia to the 1945 nuclear attack on Japan BELGRADE, October 5. /TASS/. The use of munitions containing depleted uranium during NATO ...

US army depleted uranium munitions (AFP) The heavy use of depleted uranium has been cited as a major factor in these health crises - although no government has specifically acknowledged its ...

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...

MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. Russia’s T-80BV main battle tank has been upgraded to feature the capability of firing depleted uranium shells, the Defense Ministry said in the bulletin ‘The ...