This is an unfortunate decision by the UK. Depleted uranium armor piercing rounds appear to be net superior to all other alternatives, including tungsten roun

This is an unfortunate decision by the UK. Depleted uranium armor piercing rounds appear to be net superior to all other alternatives, including tungsten rounds. However, the UK was and is aware of the potential propaganda blow-back, as they decided that the shells for the export market should be made out of tungsten (see [1], L28A1). Of course Russia will claim this stuff is a form of nuclear weapons. Why wouldn't they? Disinformation is what they do best. You can try to fight disinformation with truth, but it's an uphill battle. In this particular case, Russia can point out at how much criticism the Bush administration received for using depleted uranium rounds in Iraq, criticism coming from American people. Just take a look at this article [2] from The Guardian. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ordnance_L30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ordnance_L30 [2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/19/us-depleted-uranium-weapons-civilian-areas-iraq https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/19/us-depleted-ur...