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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    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?

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            “let” Ukrainians.

            Your patronising colonial mask is slipping.

            Ukrainians have ASKED for these weapons so they can get rid of the murderous, child torturing Russians out of their country.

            Stop amplifying the propaganda of child torturers.

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            1 year ago

            I think Russia would be the most bloodthirsty if this was a contest. Good try though.

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            Imagine defending a regime that targets hospitals and schools for missile attacks and rains white phosphorous down on cities.

            If the Russians cared about anything beyond their own expansionist agenda, they’d retreat and end the war they started. If you actually cared about the suffering of Ukrainians, you would stop being a mouthpiece for that regime.

            • Łumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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              Fuck, I almost thought you were on about the US and Israel but guess not ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

              Too bad you still are pushing for the war to even continue. You don’t want the Russians to genocide every single Ukrainian so you still propose they should just do it themselves and continue running straight into landmines. 🙄

              How about some peace talks? Maybe? Oh wait Boris Johnson thought otherwise

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      Because of the uranium bullets are denser and heavier than the lead bullets and you can use the uranium bullets on certain types of aircraft and other weapons systems to shred through medium to heavy armor that could not be penetrated with a lead bullet. TLDR this will be used as a force multiplier.

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      They are harder and penetrate armour better. So yes they will provide an advantage.

      The sooner Russian occupiers are no longer murdering Ukrainians and dropping mines over every square meter of land, the less harm comes to Ukrainians.

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      No individual measure aside from troops on the ground or nukes is going to change the course of the war by itself.

      The ammunition is very effective at punching through the armor. But the Ukrainians will be fucked when in 5 years Leukemia in children is skyrocketing

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          So what, you’re suggesting that right now they are “winning”? By what metric are they “winning”? Western brownie points? Because all of the teenagers and young adults that are 6ft under would beg to differ.

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      Russian forced are mechanized and entrenched, depleted uranium self sharpens on impact, yielding far better armor penetration than previous technologies.