Leon said:

Absolutely, today's generation could do it IF the government bureaucracy and
tree huggers would let them do their job.

Uh... Tree Huggers? No to be difficult Leon, but what on earth do
environmentalists have to do with war?! g

Stealth OT

If anything, the "Tree Huggers" have been amazingly quiet about the
405 tons of depleted uranium projectiles we have sprayed on Iraq and
Serbia/Kosovo/ Yugoslavia over the past 15 years. Having a half-life
of about 4.5 million years, the use of DU rounds has resulted in a
minimum 400% increase in bizarre birth defects in Iraqi civilians, and
an estimated 65% rate of birth defects among exposed Gulf War
Veterans. Even the Pentagon's director of the DU project, Doug Rokke,
resigned over the use of DU as a military weapon, stating that its use
was a crime against humanity. This is one reason some Iraqis are so
****ed off, the other being that many are fanatical lunatics - Gee, I
wonder why? We've dumped about 395 tons of this stuff on Iraq alone.

This doesn't, however, detract from the bravery and determination of
those who do the job they are ordered to perform - when they are
allowed, and equipped, to do it. The Bureaucracy remains the problem.

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Depleted uranium (DU) or uranium-238 is made from uranium hexaflouride
which is the non-fissionable by-product of the uranium enrichment
process used to obtain uranium-235 for reactor fuel and nuclear bombs.

Depleted Uranium projectiles are used as tank and bunker piercing
rounds due to their super-high density and ability to cut through
armoured objects like warmed butter..
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So, shoot the messenger...

FWIW,

Greg G.