Re: Radiation from DU 'could act rapidly'

[NeilKeeney@aol.com]

That's right, dust from DU does act rapidly.  After blowing hell out of a 
tank turrent and brewing up the innards of the thing, the dust quickly acts 
to sort of settle out in the lower elevations of the former tank.  I'd be the 
first willing guy there with a dust pan if it were an enemy tank about to 
punch my ticket and the only cost to me was that I had to do a little 
post-action decon...

'Course, if I were a journalist (whatever that is) I might object to this 
action to give the tank an opportunity to come to it's senses and go away...

Neil Keeney
neilkeeney@aol.com
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