I've heard them being made in 25mm, 100mm etc Why not use them if we have them, it could get bad guys cowering behind wars and blow up tanks with a shot. Put them in our xm109 25mm barrett rifles and use them to take care of the Nk.

Uranium bullets have too many cons for the pros they may offer. They would have to be kept separated and in special containers to prevent exposure. tehy would have to be used with lead jackets which would make them heavier and still wouldnt completely reduce the effects on the soldier. besides AP bullets are commonplace. and if theres a tank too striong for AP bullets, u just call in an A-10 strike. Uranium bullets just wouldnt be good.

The Apaches used them in Desert Storm.

It's just too dangerous to use them in every type of weapon. The bullet itself isn't what does the most damage to an indivdual, it's breathing in the powder that is created after impact.

DU is no more dangerous than any other heavy metal.

Source:
http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q746.html

Originally Posted by Missileer

DU is no more dangerous than any other heavy metal.

Source:
http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q746.html

As I mentioned...

"Largely from work with animals along with a few instances in which humans inhaled very large amounts of uranium, the chemical toxicity of uranium is known to produce minor effects on the kidney, which in humans who have suffered large acute exposures have been transitory and wholly reversible."

I have a piece of DU on my desk that was cut from a spike from a LOSAT missile test. Like a lot of metals, machining, grinding, and smelting DU has the possibility of being ingested or inhaled but the quantity would have to be tremendous to cause permanent damage. The outer layer of skin on a person is thick enough to protect one from harmful exposure levels.

Originally Posted by Missileer

I have a piece of DU on my desk that was cut from a spike from a LOSAT missile test.

The LOSAT Missile does not contain any DU. We have been testing the weapon system for 4 years and it has never been mentioned in any of the crewman courses.

You may be thinking of the penetrator rod, which is not made up of DU.

I think they will be used, but I'm all for railguns myself.

Originally Posted by hicks

The LOSAT Missile does not contain any DU. We have been testing the weapon system for 4 years and it has never been mentioned in any of the crewman courses.

You may be thinking of the penetrator rod, which is not made up of DU.

In 1999, the concept round used DU, DU with Titanium, and Tungsten. As with most armor penetrators, the rod is sometimes referred to a "mystery metal". I don't know or want to question what is being used now.

Originally Posted by Missileer

In 1999, the concept round used DU, DU with Titanium, and Tungsten. As with most armor penetrators, the rod is sometimes referred to a "mystery metal". I don't know or want to question what is being used now.

The current rounds definitely do not have DU.