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Depleted uranium is a very dense metal, ideal to be used on projectiles because of its mass, and also because it ignites at around 600 degrees Celsius; it can penetrate an armoured vehicle and incinerate the crew once it enters the cabin. As a block or a projectile, the material can be handled with no health consequences, but when it ignites or explodes, it's turned into dust, then, it can be inhaled or ingested by live creatures and it wreaks havoc in the internal organs, creating a very large number of cancerous lesions and genetic malformations. That is why it is considered a very dangerous polluting material, same as a dirty bomb.
The use of depleted uranium shells was developed by the United States in the 1980s. The Russian military made the decision at that time not to develop follow suit and compete by developing depleted uranium as a battlefield weapon because of its long lasting environmental and health effects.
On March 20, 2023 Annabel Goldie, the British Minister of State for Defence, declared that her country would provide depleted uranium munitions to the Kyiv regime.<ref>https://youtu.be/vSG_3cduRLA</ref> In response, President Vladimir Putin reported on March 25 that the decision had been made to deploy a tactical nuclear weapon on the territory of Belarus by July 1, 2023 to reduce flight time.
