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To: OldFriend; jveritas

I believe that DU is only used for armor-penetrating rounds such as on the A-10's GAU-8/A, not for any kind of explosive bombs that I've ever heard of (it's purpose is to enable dynamic armor-piercing rounds to penetrate metal better). As such, DU is totally irrelevant to this discussion as far as I can tell (I'm no expert but my dad used to work with the A-10 as an Aeronautical Engineer for Republic Fairchild - I'll try to get more info from him).

The Navy and Army also have some DU munitions, but certainly not in the kinds of weapons that would have been used from the air against Saddam's presidential sites in the attacks in question.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/du.htm

47 posted on 06/21/2006 9:35:02 PM PDT by Enchante (General Hayden: I've Never Taken a Domestic Flight That Landed in Waziristan!)

Thanks for the info.

59 posted on 06/22/2006 5:09:24 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)

Thanks for the information regarding Depleted Uranium, this will clarify some issues here.

64 posted on 06/22/2006 5:29:31 AM PDT by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)

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