The US is sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine, to be used with the Abrams tanks it is also supplying. The shells can pierce conventional tank armour, but there are some concerns over ...

The Swiss defence ministry confirmed on Friday it was aware that Nato weapons contained depleted uranium before it sent its troops to help peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. However, the head of ...

making it an ultimate weapon of war. This is one of the risks associated with the discovery of over 100 kilograms (kg) of depleted uranium in five separate operations in Pasay City, Cagayan de Oro ...

Imagine a weapon equivalent to Agent Orange combined with a nuclear bomb. Such weapons exists – and are in regular use. They are depleted-uranium weapons, made from the waste products of nuclear power ...

TASS/. Washington supplying depleted uranium weapons to the Kiev regime is a criminal act that may trigger an escalation, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said at a regional seminar ...

The trespassers carried a letter to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Paul David Miller asking to examine records on production of depleted uranium weapons. Upon entering, they were arrested.

Small pieces may ignite in a fire and burn, but tests have shown that large pieces, like the penetrators used in anti-tank weapons, or in aircraft balance weights, will not normally ignite in a fire.

Syria faces public health catastrophes that will linger for decades due to toxic rubble dust, oil fire pollution and the US-led coalition's use of depleted uranium weapons on Islamic State targets ...

BWXT has agreed to purchase the Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee facility for $100 million to supplement depleted uranium ...

While the seized items are not enriched uranium, which is used for nuclear weapons, depleted uranium can be used for making dirty bombs, which could fall into the hands of terrorists. Because of ...