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The only point I was making was in response to the comment above where the commenter was downplaying the effects of radiation poisoning causing huge amounts of
by patrickk 16y ago
The only point I was making was in response to the comment above where the commenter was downplaying the effects of radiation poisoning causing huge amounts of human suffering and death. I was merely pointing out that there has been a lot of hardship caused by both nuclear weapons, DU and nuclear accidents - read the second link above, and account of a guy who was sent to clear up DU after the first Gulf War. Pretty horrific stuff.
- rbanffy 16y agoBoth the radioactive fallout of a nuke and the toxicity of depleted uranium are features rather than bugs. Those things are designed to be as lethal as possible. OTOH, in the specific case of the depleted uranium, it could be possible the extra lethality was only a happy accident. Weapon designers are an interesting breed.