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Toilet
10-12-2008, 02:49 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TurTHTu5VaA&feature=related

Watch at 7:00.


IMO, we should have the whole adminstration of NATO, the Pentagon etc executed for treason against humanity.

tallefred
10-12-2008, 02:59 AM
KILL THEM ALLLLLLLL. Cuz itz funn

kordoyn
10-12-2008, 02:59 AM
Uranium is in itself radioactive, so even so called depleted uranium is still going to emit radiation.

biggunsar
10-12-2008, 03:00 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TurTHTu5VaA&feature=related

Watch at 7:00.


IMO, we should have the whole adminstration of NATO, the Pentagon etc executed for treason against humanity.

that really is OLD news. Like 4 years old.

ejnomad07
10-12-2008, 03:02 AM
You live in Denmark....:confused:

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:02 AM
that really is OLD news. Like 4 years old.

Havent changed a flying fuck though, right?

Therefore, its perfectly fine to try again.

Spinewire
10-12-2008, 03:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TurTHTu5VaA&feature=related

Watch at 7:00.


IMO, we should have the whole adminstration of NATO, the Pentagon etc executed for treason against humanity.
please tell me you didn't think it was safe

biggunsar
10-12-2008, 03:04 AM
Havent changed a flying fuck though, right?

Therefore, its perfectly fine to try again.

I thought everyone in denmark was cool. Toilet totally blew that notion. I guess even denmark has it's pustular assholes.

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:05 AM
You live in Denmark....:confused:

You dont know where that is?

I dont blame you, we aint that important, though one of the most famous people in the world came from Denmark.

If its because you dont understand why i care, its because i hate governments lying.

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:06 AM
please tell me you didn't think it was safe

I never thought it was.

I just never thought they used uranium that came from nuclear reactors.

Spinewire
10-12-2008, 03:08 AM
I never thought it was.

I just never thought they used uranium that came from nuclear reactors.
so uranium from elsewhere would be ok?

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:08 AM
I thought everyone in denmark was cool. Toilet totally blew that notion. I guess even denmark has it's pustular assholes.

So if something is wrong in the world you despise people who try to change it for the greater good?

So that you dont have to pay for putting all the waste into protected areas?

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:10 AM
so uranium from elsewhere would be ok?

Of course not, i never said that.

Im just saying if they actually want to use uranium, they need to use the kind thats actually depleted, and if they dont, then they shouldnt call it depleted uranium.

Ungraylessness
10-12-2008, 03:11 AM
So that you dont have to pay for putting all the waste into protected areas?

Is it really a protected area if we put waste in there?

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:12 AM
Is it really a protected area if we put waste in there?

By protected area, i mean sealed off from the outside world, dimwit.

Spinewire
10-12-2008, 03:12 AM
Of course not, i never said that.

Im just saying if they actually want to use uranium, they need to use the kind thats actually depleted, and if they dont, then they shouldnt call it depleted uranium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium
it will still make you fire blanks

ejnomad07
10-12-2008, 03:12 AM
You dont know where that is?

I dont blame you, we aint that important, though one of the most famous people in the world came from Denmark.

If its because you dont understand why i care, its because i hate governments lying.

Well here:

http://www.spacewar.com/2004/041130145451.a3ak8e97.html

Worry about your own goverment and how much they lie and bust your ass for calling them out.

IthroZada
10-12-2008, 03:13 AM
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Features/DU/du_qaa.shtml#q3

Is DU more or less radioactive than natural uranium?

DU is considerably less radioactive than natural uranium because not only does it have less U-234 and U-235 per unit mass than does natural uranium, but in addition, essentially all traces of decay products beyond U-234 and Th-231 have been removed during extraction and chemical processing of the uranium prior to enrichment. The specific activity of uranium alone in DU is 14.8 Bq per mg compared with 25.4 Bq per mg for natural uranium. It takes a long time for the uranium decay products to reach (radioactive) equilibrium with the uranium isotopes. For example it takes almost 1 million years for Th-230 to reach equilibrium with U-234.

less radioactive, but still radioactive, thus it can still be depleted uranium that is the problem

EDIT: well dang, spinewire is faster

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:16 AM
Well here:

http://www.spacewar.com/2004/041130145451.a3ak8e97.html

Worry about your own goverment and how much they lie and bust your ass for calling them out.

Now, dont you think the danish soldiers in Iraq are exposed to depleted uranium?

Also, any sensible person knew Iraq had no WMDs.

Spinewire
10-12-2008, 03:16 AM
Because of its high density, depleted uranium can also be used in tank armor, sandwiched between sheets of steel armor plate. For instance, some late-production M1A1HA and M1A2 Abrams tanks built after 1998 have DU reinforcement as part of its armor plating in the front of the hull and the front of the turret and there is a program to upgrade the rest, for example Chobham armor.


O.o

Fuck that

Ungraylessness
10-12-2008, 03:20 AM
By protected area, i mean sealed off from the outside world, dimwit.

You should speak slower, and by that I mean write in binary.

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:23 AM
You should speak slower, and by that I mean write in binary.

You should die faster, and by that i mean stop breathing.

Nasty
10-12-2008, 03:23 AM
Stay away from war veterans, they are radioactive. Much like mutants.

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:27 AM
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Features/DU/du_qaa.shtml#q3



less radioactive, but still radioactive, thus it can still be depleted uranium that is the problem

EDIT: well dang, spinewire is faster

The problem is the tons and tons of particles it forms when it collides with a solid object.

If you have say 100.000 particles of depleted uranium, 1% is a big deal.

Ungraylessness
10-12-2008, 03:28 AM
You should die faster, and by that i mean stop breathing.

Or If time wasn't an issue I could go to Africa and fight lions

IthroZada
10-12-2008, 03:30 AM
The problem is the tons and tons of particles it forms when it collides with a solid object.

If you have say 100.000 particles of depleted uranium, 1% is a big deal.

You said it wasn't depleted, presumably because it is radioactive, I proved it very well could be depleted and still be radioactive, I'm in no way denying that depleted uranium is a big deal

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:31 AM
Or If time wasn't an issue I could go to Africa and fight lions

You could also murder George Bush.

Spinewire
10-12-2008, 03:31 AM
The problem is the tons and tons of particles it forms when it collides with a solid object.

If you have say 100.000 particles of depleted uranium, 1% is a big deal.
thats why the use it in incendiary rounds

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:33 AM
You said it wasn't depleted, presumably because it is radioactive, I proved it very well could be depleted and still be radioactive, I'm in no way denying that depleted uranium is a big deal

If its less depleted than regular depleted uranium, then its not so depleted as regular depleted uranium.

See what i meant by my title now?

IthroZada
10-12-2008, 03:36 AM
If its less depleted than regular depleted uranium, then its not so depleted as regular depleted uranium.

See what i meant by my title now?

Ah i see what your are going for now
well, good luck with your rant then

Toilet
10-12-2008, 03:37 AM
thats why the use it in incendiary rounds

And all other rounds for that matter.

LordTenacious
10-12-2008, 03:55 AM
Easy to debunk (http://www.reason.com/news/show/34787.html).

Better luck next time, chief.

Edit: Strangely enough, I think this line applies to you Toilet, if one is to go by your previous posts.

Finally, there is always a claque of activists who simply will pick up any stick with which to beat and demonize the United States. For them, the myth of severe DU toxicity is just another handy stick.

Malhavok
10-12-2008, 04:03 AM
Breaking news, war kills people.

tallefred
10-12-2008, 04:16 AM
Breaking news, war kills people.

NO WAI!!!

What the fuck, that's seriously wrong... someone should do something about this. I'm definitely writing my senator.

Bamboopanda
10-12-2008, 07:57 AM
Depleated uranium is made to fucking kill. What you think that shit is safe? It's used because it's effective. End of story.

Don't like it, come up with an alternative that can do as much damage in much the same delivery method. Otherwise this is going to continue to be used. Surviving today >>>> some jackass coming in to salvage later.