Re: Use of Depleted Uranium in US arms
Not only that, but Pakistan is seeking to export DU weaponry to our allies. At every Pakistani arms fair, our DU weaponry is proudly advertised for export orders.
Finally, DU is most definately legal. There is no specific ban by the UN on DU. International treaties prohibit the use of weapons whose primary use or application is poisoning. However, the primary use of DU is to penetrate armour solely through application of kinetic energy, and not to poison.** The biotoxic effects of DU are entirely an unintended side effect of usage.**
DU therefore falls outside the range of weapons currently banned. Any effort to make DU illegal will be foiled by USA, the UK, France, Russia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Pakistan, Thailand, Iraq , Taiwan and several other countries, all of whom are users of DU weaponry.
In fact, nearly half the countries that use DU weapons are Muslim countries.
Do you really want to blunt their teeth by forcing them to use inferior quality, DU-free weaponry?
Whether intended or unintended, it shud be banned for its biotoxic effects, coz these affect non-combatants, women and children.