Re: Letter to Congressman McDermott by Leuren Moret

[John Andrews <andrewsjp@chartertn.net>]

Jeffries Cameron wrote:



> I can't believe these people think that DU rounds burn. They are 

> Armour Piecing rounds and rely on having a dense, penetrating rod of 

> DU to punch through the armor. None of this burning at 170 degrees C 

> when the design purpose requires the rod to remain intact. Especially 

> when U has a melting point of 1132 degrees C and boiling point of 3818 

> degrees C (CRC Handbook 58th edition).

>  

> That's not to mention the radioactivity aspects

>

Sorry, but the DU rounds burn with great intensity.  When they penetrate 

armour, there is not much left but uranium oxide and iron oxide dust. 

 There may be some molten uranium and iron spraying around inside a tank 

that has been hit.  This material is immediately hazardous to life and 

health not to say what it may do to any other munitions in the vehicle.



John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee



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