RE: Du in missing plane

["Mays, Mark" <maysm@wrigem.wpafb.af.mil>]

An A-10 does not carry DU as a counterweight or other reason.  They do
use DU as armor piercing rounds.  Our experience with DU has told us
that it is detectable using NaI detectors.  This is based on requiring
to find buried DU in past aircraft crashes.

Mark Mays
maysm@wrigem.wpafb.af.mil

>-----Original Message-----
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>From:	Sandy Perle [SMTP:sandyfl@ix.netcom.com]
>Sent:	 April 18, 1997 3:33 PM
>To:	Multiple recipients of list
>Subject:	Re: Du in missing plane
>
>DU can not be detected from the air, due to the predominance of beta. 
>One would have to be pretty much ON it to even detect it.
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