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From: phil@pepsi.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Depleted Uranium
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Date: 14 Apr 90 04:11:02 GMT
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From: phil@pepsi.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)

In article <15438@cbnews.ATT.COM> MT666_VINARC@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu writes:
|So while DP shells are radioactive, I wouldn't think it is something a thin
|lead coating wouldn't stop....maybe they are lead-coated, since that shouldn't

I took a tour of a Navy ship equipped with a Phalanx system and the
sailors commented on how they used protective gear when handling the
rounds. I had the impression it was related to the chemical properties
of uranium, which is after all, a heavy metal and probably at least as
bad for you as lead.

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