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Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 years ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh well... The amount of health risks that these rounds would cause would pale in comparison to the mines that the Orcs have planted everywhere. Anything to drive out the invaders!

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Orcs

The only time before the Ukraine War that I saw this term used to refer to real human beings was on Stormfront

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[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why though? Can't imagine that these rounds are going to change the course of the war, so why? Are they out of non-Uranium ones?

[–] Zrc@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (9 children)

the cruelty is the point

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[–] runiq@feddit.de -1 points 2 years ago

As a German, thank you. Meanwhile we're still dragging our feet with the TAURUS, sigh.

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