Weapon systems

Iskander ballistic missiles to be deployed 120-200 kilometers from Russia’s borders with Estonia and Latvia

“Russian ground forces chief, Colonel General Alexander Postnikov, said that Iskander ballistic missiles would be deployed at the town of Luga in Leningrad Oblast, approximately 120-200 kilometers from Russia’s borders with Estonia and Latvia, reports Russian newspaper Kommersant. Postnikov stressed that this move had nothing to do with the planned deployment of the U.S. surface-to-air Patriot missiles in Poland. The deployment of the Iskander missiles in Leningrad Oblast is being done i …”

http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/24881/

BBC News Online explains how DU is used in weapons systems.

Military factfiles: Depleted Uranium (Flash and NonFlash versions). Concerns over health risks posed by the military use of Depleted Uranium are growing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/02/military_fact_files/du/html/flash.stm

DEPLETED URANIUM – ETHICS OF THE SILVER BULLET

 By: Iliya Pesic,  Santa Clara University

A paper on Technological Ethics of DU amo from 2002 ( tutor – professor Dr. Neil R. Quinn Jr.):

http://cseserv.engr.scu.edu/StudentWebPages/IPesic/ResearchPaper.htm