Article: Armor-piercing projectiles.(SCIENCE SCENE)(Brief article)

Article: Iraqi insurgents use high-tech bombs; Infrared beams, shaped ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... insurgent bombs, including a new type triggered when a vehicle crosses an infrared beam and is blasted by armor-piercing projectiles. The technology, which emerged during guerrilla wars in Lebanon and Northern Ireland, has been used in recent ...

Article: Italy Reveals Two More Cases of Depleted Uranium
Xinhua News Agency;  February 1, 2001 ;     386 words ... ... more cases possibly linked to the use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions. Falco Accame, a well ... DU and cancer, fired 11, 000 rounds of depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles in Bosnia, almost three times the number ...

Article: Depleted uranium a potent threat
Daily Breeze;  December 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... tanks. Also, because depleted uranium is twice as dense as ... armor plating. Once a depleted uranium round strikes its target ... the widespread use of depleted uranium, both in armor-piercing projectiles and in the protective ...

Transcript: RISKS LOW FOR SERVICE MEMBERS FROM DEPLETED ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  May 3, 2004 ;     636 words ... ... evidence exists linking depleted uranium to radiation-induced ... media roundtable. Depleted uranium is a dense material ... armor and armor-piercing projectiles. High levels of ... level of exposure to depleted uranium to any medical symptoms ...

Article: Fed: No evidence of depleted uranium in Aust area ...
AAP General News (Australia);  June 8, 2005 ;     600 words ... ... any radiation - depleted uranium is part of it ... including any risk from depleted uranium," he said ... assessments." Depleted uranium is a waste product ... used to make armour piercing projectiles because of its extreme ...

Article: DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS OF WAR
Rachel's Environment & Health News;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... lots of U-235), the leftover "depleted uranium" (DU) is 99.8% U-238 and retains ... original natural uranium.[1, pg. 3] Depleted uranium is created by "uranium enrichment ... more atomic bombs and therefore more depleted uranium, there has been growing pressure ...

Article: Depleted uranium: weapon of war.(Biodevastation)
Synthesis/Regeneration;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the leftover "depleted uranium" (DU) is 99 ... therefore more depleted uranium, there has been ... huge stockpile of depleted uranium.[1, pg. 26 ... and for armor-piercing projectiles--because it ...