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chlamor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:41 PM
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Who Would Jesus Bomb?






DU is used to manufacture kinetic energy penetrators- giant pencils or rods. Each kinetic penetrator consists of almost entirely uranium 238. The United States munitions industry produces the following DU munitions with the corresponding mass of uranium 238:
• 7.62 mm with unspecified mass


• 50 caliber with unspecified mass


• 20 mm with a mass of approximately 180 grams.


• 25 mm with a mass of approximately 200 grams.


• 30 mm with a mass of approximately 280 grams.


• 105 mm with a mass of approximately 3500 grams.


• 120 mm with a mass of approximately 4500 grams.


• Sub-munitions / land mines such as the PDM and ADAM whose structural body contain a small proportion of DU.


• Cruise missiles with unknown quantity of DU


• Bunker buster bombs with unknown quantity of DU
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:44 PM
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1. Might want to spell it out on "DU"
I know you mean depleted uranium, but just figured I'd better bring this up, considering the board we're on...

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