Re: Nev. Files Challenge on Nuclear Waste

[BobCherry@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 1/10/2003 4:15:07 PM Central Standard Time, sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET writes:


> She added that the Navy was switching to tungsten rounds but did not 
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> provide further details.
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> Sellers said she could not say if depleted uranium shells were used 
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> farther north off Canada's coast during exercises in conjunction with 
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> Canadian forces.



The Navy can switch to tungsten because it has "softer" targets (other ships, planes, and missiles) than do the Army, Air Force, and Marines. Tungsten bounces off state-of-the-art tanks. Only DU can penetrate their armor.


I presume that, although tungsten will penetrate the Navy's targets, the Navy is sacrificing at least two of DU's advantages over tungsten to avoid activists' attention: pyrophoricity and cost.


The DU munitions ARE NOT SHELLS!!!! They are solid rods (sabots).


Bob C

COL, USA (ret.)