Jakarta –
Government United States of America for the first time will deliver ammunition uranium armored vehicle penetrator to Ukraineas part of more than US$1 billion worth of military and humanitarian aid announced by Washington on Wednesday (6/9) local time.
The 120mm rounds are included in a $175 million military kit for Kyiv that will be drawn from US stockpiles. This controversial munition is to be fired by the M1 Abrams tank, which is expected to be delivered to Ukraine before the end of this year.
Reported by the news agency AFP, Thursday (7/9/2023), the ammunition containing depleted uranium is still controversial because of its link to health problems such as cancer and birth defects in areas where the ammunition was used in past conflicts. Although the ammunition has not been definitively proven to cause the problem.
As a by-product of uranium enrichment, depleted uranium is used for ammunition because its extreme density gives bullets the ability to easily penetrate armor plating and self-ignite in a cloud of burning dust and metal. As such, depleted uranium is ideal for use in munitions designed to target armored tanks.
Although depleted uranium is radioactive, it contains much less uranium than naturally produced uranium, although the particles can persist for a long time.
Depleted uranium munitions are part of the military arsenal of many countries, including the United States and Russia, and their use is not prohibited under international law.
The British government said earlier this year that it would also provide Kyiv with the armor-piercing ammunition, after which the President Russia Vladimir Putin threatened to start using it in Ukraine.
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