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Doesn’t the US make regular use of depleted uranium munitions? Particularly in the middle east? Definitely seems nuclear.

• djur 3y ago
  Depleted uranium is not a nuclear weapon.
  • cpursley 3y ago
    Tell that to the non-combat victims: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7903104/#:~:text=Research%20funded%20by%20the%20US,of%20DU%20weapons%20remain%20uncertain https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7903104/#:~:tex....
    • smoldesu 3y ago
      You can tell them whatever you want. It won't change the wording of the Geneva convention though.
    • djur 3y ago
      You're free to argue that DU rounds are effectively a poisonous weapon and should be banned on those grounds. I would agree. That doesn't change the fact that depleted uranium is not a nuclear weapon.