Date:   4/9/2003 5:04:55 PM ( 22 y ago)
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Didn't know standard cruise warhead was composed of DU...

HOW IS DU USED BY THE MILITARY?

DU is used to manufacture kinetic energy penetrators. Each kinetic penetrator consists of
almost entirely uranium 238. The United States munitions industry produces the following DU
munitions with the corresponding mass of uranium 238:

7.62 mm with unspecified mass
50 cal. With unspecified mass
20 mm with a mass of approximately 180 grams.
25 mm with a mass of approximately 200 grams.
30 mm with a mass of approximately 280 grams.
105 mm with a mass of approximately 3500 grams.
120 mm with a mass of approximately 4500 grams.
Submunitions such as the PDM and ADAM whose structural body contain a small
proportion of DU.

 

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