FILE - A member of a radiation team holds a 30mm armor-piercing shell containing depleted uranium, used by NATO during air strikes on Bosnia in 1995, which was found in a former military factory ...

Summary and Key Points: In the twilight of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force explored replacing the A-10 Thunderbolt II, known for its 30mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon, with a variant of the F-16, dubbed ...

It's a 30mm round made by the US arms manufacturing giant, ... made from a radioactive material called depleted uranium — a byproduct of nuclear enrichment that is almost twice as dense as lead.

The M829 round has an electric primer, propellant, ... The A-10 Warthog also used depleted uranium rounds in its 30mm cannon in Syria twice in 2015 against ISIS civilian trucks hauling oil.

The Department of Defense says that these depleted uranium shells "had been ... which it reaches when fired as a round. ... compromised 30mm rounds of depleted uranium ammunition were found ...

As a part of a $1 billion aid package, the United States announced this week that it is sending depleted anti-tank munitions to Ukraine to help Zelensky’s troops fend off Russian tanks. The ...

On September 6, the Department of Defense announced $175 million in military aid to Ukraine. Included in this drawdown of existing US military equipment is “120mm depleted uranium tank ...

The big noise right now is about depleted uranium (DU) shells aboard US M1 Abrams tanks being sent to Ukraine. The AFU likely has had DU-armed combat vehicles on the front line for months. War; ... US ...

Russia on Thursday blasted the United States over its decision to send Ukraine controversial depleted uranium munitions for Abrams tanks, calling Washington’s plan a “criminal act.” The ...