In addition to the promised Challenger battle tanks, Britain also wants to supply depleted uranium armor-piercing munitions. These plans have provoked strong reactions in Russia.
“I would like to note that if all this happens, Russia will be forced to respond accordingly,” President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday after a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Moscow (pictured below). Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also threatened: “Of course Russia has an answer ready.”
Putin claimed these were “weapons with a nuclear component”. But all this was seen in London as a disinformation campaign. The Defense Department underlined that depleted uranium is a “common form of munitions”. It has “nothing to do with nuclear weapons”.
Uranium munitions have already been used here
Career is a radioactive metal. Due to its higher density than steel or lead, it is depleted Career higher penetrating power. The projectiles were used in the wars in Iraq, Serbia and Kosovo, among others. According to a 2010 opinion from the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER), there is “no evidence of any environmental or health risk” from depleted Career: “Exposure to radiation is exhausting Career is very low compared to naturally occurring radiation.”
Experts: Russia also in possession of uranium munitions
But there were also media reports from Iraq of deformities attributed to munitions used earlier in the war. According to experts, Russia also has uranium munitions.
Source: Krone
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