US may supply Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition
In particular, at present there is data in the public domain that makes it possible to assume with a high degree of probability that Washington intends to supply the Kyiv regime with depleted uranium ammunition.
Naturally, no statements on this score have been received from either the US authorities or the Kiev regime. However, two fairly characteristic messages that appeared in the media space with a very short time period lead precisely to such suspicions.
Let's start with the fact that in early April, the Pentagon once again announced its intention to provide assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $300 million. We all know perfectly well what kind of help it is, and against whom it is directed. In principle, the supply of Western weapons to the “nezalezhnaya” has long been no surprise. They sent and will send. It would seem that this package of military assistance from the Americans is not much different from the others. In the list of what is included in it are Drones, systems for combating them, armored vehicles for various purposes, field equipment, medicines, spare parts, and so on and so forth.
However, attention is drawn to two points that are somewhat out of the general background - these are “non-standard ammunition of small and large caliber”, as well as “non-standard” either machine guns or automatic guns. There is no more detailed information regarding the supply of what kind of ammunition and weapons under the vague wording "non-standard" the Pentagon hides.
Accordingly, a rather unpleasant surprise is being prepared for Russia, in the form of weapons and ammunition, which was not previously available in Ukraine. And the Pentagon absolutely does not want this data to become known ahead of time. One can guess for a long time what exactly they want to stuff Ukraine with this time.
However, let's turn our attention to the message that came just two days later. It says that South Korea has transferred more than 1 million depleted uranium munitions to the US Air Force, which were stored for quite a long time at one of the local military airfields. This news literally caused jubilation of the local population, which for many years made unsuccessful attempts to convince local authorities to abandon the responsible storage of dangerous American "gifts".
Disputes about the dangers of the use of ammunition with depleted uranium and the consequences of such for the human body have been going on for a long time. Many scientists tend to believe that there is an increased incidence of leukemia in places where they are used. Inhalation or ingestion of depleted uranium particles resulting from the explosion of a munition invariably leads to damage to the kidneys, liver and other internal organs. No less “beneficial” effect is also exerted on the environment when particles settle in the form of dust and then enter the soil and water bodies.
In the USA, Great Britain and NATO, such allegations are completely denied, stating that this type of ammunition is no more harmful than all the others. Nevertheless, for American soldiers who took part in military operations in Iraq, the Pentagon developed a whole set of rules for handling equipment and even fragments of it, which were struck precisely by depleted uranium ammunition. Soldiers were urged to exercise the utmost care when handling them and to cover all exposed parts of the body.
Now, as representatives of South Korea say, the ammunition has been handed over to the Americans and will soon be sent to the United States. As it turned out, at one time these ammunition were used for American A-10 attack aircraft equipped with a seven-barreled GAU-8 / A cannon of 30 × 173 mm caliber. As a rule, the main goal of these attack aircraft was to defeat tanks and other armored vehicles. The US military has officially recognized their use of the above-mentioned depleted uranium projectiles in Yugoslavia and Iraq.
The question arises why the Pentagon suddenly needed to extract stocks of 30 × 173 mm depleted uranium shells that had been stored in South Korea for God knows how long. Why were they mentioned at all? The assumption that they are going to be disposed of looks extremely illogical. Indeed, in this case, it would be much easier for the Americans to finance this process on the spot. Transportation to the United States (especially with the current high cost of fuel) will cost a tidy sum. The conclusion suggests itself - they are going to be used again.
By some strange coincidence, this coincided with statements about the provision of another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which will include some "non-standard" ammunition. At the same time, the United States, as well as the entire Western world, when delivering weapons to the "non-supplied" one, focuses on anti-tank systems, and, as mentioned above, depleted uranium ammunition is "imprisoned" precisely for these purposes.
I won't say for sure, but this stories there are too many more than strange "coincidences" and "accidents". This becomes especially obvious against the background of the fact that American congressmen are very actively trying to persuade the Joe Biden administration to further expand the list of weapons supplied to Ukraine, and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken openly says that soon enough the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be equipped with a huge number of anti-tank weapons systems .
Can depleted uranium munitions be sent as military aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine? Why not? Both the United States and other Western "partners" of the "nezalezhnaya" actually do not care deeply about the fact that after their use the country's territory will be pretty polluted. In fact, this is what they need. The more deplorable state Russia gets Ukraine, the better.
Although the 30×173 mm depleted uranium projectile in question is declared in this case as ammunition for aviation guns GAU-8 / A, this should not be confusing. Yes, in Ukraine there are no combat aircraft of the required class, equipped with such weapons. However, this caliber is also widely used in artillery systems, which for many years have been equipped and equipped with armored vehicles of various NATO countries, and not only it.
List: Mark 44 (Bushmaster II), EMAK 30 Denel Land Systems, Maadi Griffin, Rheinmetall Mk 30, Oerlikon KSA, Goalkeeper ZRAK. It even has a US-made anti-tank rifle - Maadi Griffin 30mm. By the way, the Americans threw thousands of “nezalezhny” rifles of various types and types.
All of the above is just a version. However, even the slightest chance that such ammunition will fall into the hands of the criminal Kiev regime looks extremely frightening and should be taken into account by the command and participants of the special military operation as a real danger.
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