What is Left Over (Depleted Uranium)

[@zapfanzapfan]

"People don't use lead pipes anymore"... some towns in the US would beg to differ...

[@slidey1788]

I counted to 12 then I ran out of fingers.

[@noahway13]

Jesus Crimminey. Nobody can make a dang statement anymore without 5 minutes of explanations.

[@kirstyblack3432]

@@noahway13 lol, and we can't go 5 minutes without somebody complaining. Are you sure Jesus loves you? lol.

[@jimsvideos7201]

As an aside, DU also shears in such a way that a penetrator going through armour sharpens itself rather than mushrooming.

[@robertokandal]

~the powerder kills the friendly troops, have lick with that they get the radioative desease.

[@crazycoffee]

Which leaves a lot more uranium dust in the air. More dangerous than inhaling lead or another heavy metal

[@robertokandal]

@@crazycoffee se what happened when usa used those bullets in kosovo, nato soldiers died of radiactive deseases..

[@lordtomlluckrahthegreat9014]

This is not entirely true. While uranium penetrators tend to mushroom out less than those made of similarly dense materials (such as those made of tungsten alloys), uranium penetrators still increase in diameter and "bulk up" towards the point. Uranium penetrators do not become narrower than their original diameter as they go through the target's armor; they do not "sharpen" the way one sharpens a pencil.

[@BruceDuncan]

@7:20 "It's always a good idea to get out bullet fragments" I believe that, often, shrapnel and other foreign bodies are left in place because it is safer than the surgery to extract them. Traumatic injuries are treated to repair damage and save organs, removing debris is a secondary goal.

[@MacakTosha]

Bruce Duncan This is true, but if fragments are poisonous you have to go after them. I believe (could be unfounded) that body can insulate lead fragments and people can live long lives afterwards. But what is the usual recommendation for DU fragments? Leave them or remove them?

[@BruceDuncan]

@@MacakTosha That's a good point. As always it depends. Metallic uranium is not terribly harmful, except to the kidneys, and it has fairly low solubility, so it doesn't really get absorbed, unlike lead, which is more soluble and very toxic in the brain. Corrosion products can form soluble uranium salts which are toxic, however. There was a 747 crash in the 90s where the DU trim weights in the tail were exposed to fire and possibly inhaled by survivors and rescuers. Studies concluded that the risks were minimal, although I believe the use of DU as ballast in aircraft was phased out. I'm not a medic, so I can't answer your questions!

[@johnstonefield1935]

Good point, small fragments and fragments that are in risky surgical places are often left in place, unless they endanger the person's life by being there. The surgery is dangerous, removing several fragments likely deep in someone and the risk is compounded by the injury that put the fragments there. I'm not familiar with DU toxicity, but lead exposure is also much worse for children than adults where lead exposure doesn't affect your nervous system as much. The risk analysis is pretty heavily in favor of leaving them in: Even if the surgery has only a 2% risk of death (just from the general anesthesia and hospitalization you would expect higher) you have to weigh 2% chance of losing all the remaining years of your life vs 98% chance of improving the quality of those years by some unknown X%.

[@MacakTosha]

@@BruceDuncan I am not a medic either, but I like to know a little bit about everything. What I have noticed is that use of DU is heavily politicized. Many people are afraid of what they don't know, so they panic. This is a natural, but not a very scientific reaction. But for some reason, defenders of the industrial use of DU will go far and wide to avoid discussions about anything other than elemental DU. Any other products of Uranium (like salts) are avoided in any and every discussion about it. Not everything is a conspiracy, but... We all remember how Monsanto manager was on camera explaining that drinking a pint of Roundup wouldn't do anybody any harm, but when a pint of Roundup was given to him to demonstrate - he fled the studio. I just can't help but wander what would be the reaction of a producer of DU munitions, if some of the used up penetrators were given back to him. Would they jump up and run away or put them in their pocket?

[@noahway13]

I knew as soon as he said it that someone was typing away in the comments.

[@_datapoint]

One nit to pick. The image at 3:16 is not of anti-tank bullets. Those are 20mm sabot rounds being loaded into a CIWS on a Navy ship. The orange is the plastic sabot that covers the depleted uranium (or tungsten) projectile. The plastic breaks apart as the bullet leaves the barrel on its way to hopefully shoot down a missile. I know. I used to help load and maintain the damn things.

[@tubevideoguy762]

I'd like to nit pick your nit picking =) by saying a du sabot round in 20mm nato is obviously very weak against todays mbt's BUT against tanks from past decades like idk a sherman with its two inch thick steel frontal armor is easily penetrated by this round (i know you never said it isnt) but since some poor militaries continue to use old tanks i have no problem with him calling it an "anti-tank" shell

[@Danny-wv8ec]

@@tubevideoguy762 the war on Ukraine is a testament to your comment, lots of Russians are being cooked in those old tanks. I saw videos where Ukrainian IFV's with automatic guns are taking out Russian tanks with 5 shots.

[@noahway13]

I knew the gun people would be making this comment.

[@noahway13]

@@Danny-wv8ec And who cleans out the tank? if it is fixed or scrapped, it has to be free of human remains....

[@_datapoint]

@@noahway13 I knew that you knew that we would make that comment.

[@randyemerson8407]

I used to be a tank crewman in the Army. Depleted uranium sabot rounds was our primary anti-tank ammunition.

[@Nudnik1]

Get your thyroid checked out ..

[@oldmech619]

Big problem with using depleted uranium in war is the bad propaganda of using Nuclear Weapons “on us”

[@rossmrmojorisin9579]

This is also used in apatchi 30mm rounds whitch surprised me

[@NJHC60926]

@han0509 I was going to add this as well. There's another video, I forget the name, of an air force Spectre gunner where he talks about his service in the middle east. He said that guys were getting extremely sick and dying because of the air quality in the parts of the aircraft where the guns and cannons are operated and fired from. He mentioned nosebleeds, constant headaches, blurred vision. I believe he mentioned lung cancer/mesothelioma being the major illnesses guys were diagnosed with. Much respect to those who serve, and I honestly believe you guys should be taken care of for the rest of your lives for what you had to go through and may possibly still go through the rest of your life.

[@IIBloodXLustII]

@han0509 No. It doesn't cause radioactive dust, it's a heavy metal. Heavy metal poisoning causes all kinds of cancers. The same is true if you ingested lead.

[@michaelimbesi2314]

Aside: in the time since this video was made, some of the significant physiological effects of Gulf War syndrome have actually been found to be low level exposure to chemical weapons compounds that were released when Iraqi ammo dumps that (unbeknownst to the coalition forces) contained chemical weapons were bombed, releasing some of the compounds into the atmosphere.

[@petemoss3160]

was going to say... he could have avoided that claim, but its probably what the official reports told him were the facts.

[@kirstyblack3432]

I reckon its from months or years of exposure to propellant smoke. the chemicals used in modern propellants are nasty shit. Even the old black powder (Potassium nitrate, Sulphur, and charcoal) were poisonous if you inhaled enough. modern charges contain heaps of hard-to-pronounce chemical names.

[@davidguerrero1636]

That girl who looks up from her phone to check out the uranium cracks me up.

[@PikaPetey]

This is my new favorite channel

[@leerman22]

YOU!?

[@chipworrell6025]

This guy is awesome. I've been binge watching hiw videos for a week. I have one question, is he writing backwards with that marker or is there a camera trick being used?

[@mattyb.5628]

chip worrell, he writes properly and the video is flipped in post-production.

[@Will-xl7xp]

mirror function

[@briancorr3668]

That was something I noticed in his videos too. I’m pretty sure he just taught himself to write backwards. It wouldn’t be hard, it would just take practice.

[@Blackjack701AD]

@@briancorr3668 on one of his vids he accidentally writes correctly and erases it and writes backwards.

[@dragons123ism]

@@Blackjack701AD I've noticed that too! He has made mistakes at least twice. It doesn't make sense since it would be much simpler just flipping the video post production. Also, this mirroring would possibly explain why he writes left handed (not conclusive but in all probability he is right handed like most humans)

[@deerazor8280]

This guy is good, I always thought I was ambidextrous with the ability to paint my house with a brush in both hands but this bloke can write perfectly inside out and back to front, he has practiced for sure because his writing is perfect, when I paint, it's far from perfect.

[@rutgerhoutdijk3547]

I'm pretty sure the video is flipped horizontally.. lol

[@joevignolor4u949]

The A-10 Thunderbolt uses depleted uranium bullets in its nose-mounted Gatling gun. The A-10 is probably responsible for the majority of depleted uranium laying around.

[@Interestingworld4567]

Yep

[@jonarmedpiandsecurityoffic9051]

Heard a story while I was In that tankers shot so much DU sabots into a sand dune in Kuwait that it glowed at night to passing pilots

[@deth3021]

Nose mounted gun lol good one. More like the a10 is the carry case for that behomth.

[@LHJC10]

@@jonarmedpiandsecurityoffic9051😂😂😂

[@karlbrundage7472]

Paint isn't nearly as tasty after they removed the lead from it..............................

[@leodikinis7390]

Never knew about the D.U. - Iron reaction... Thanks!

[@Umimugo]

on top of exothermic, it's also frangible and self-sharpening, basically once it strikes a hard surface, it shatters into sharper points, which helps it penetrate deeper, and create more surface area to burn up

[@Gnefitisis]

Oh wow!

[@pixelpatter01]

Neither has anyone else. The Uranium is a pyrophoric metal that will ignite when splattered by high impact velocity with steel, but the reaction is with oxygen , not iron. Uranium is also very dense and hard.

[@MacakTosha]

So what are the byproducts of said chemical reaction? Is it just Uranium Oxide, or are there other things too? (Steel contains Iron and Carbon, and also some Molibden, Nickel, Chromium,... and in composite armor there will be Aluminum and other things as well) At high pressure and temperature (like when armor is trying to take away huge kinetic energy from a DU penetrator), many things can form. Are they all as harmless as professor claims?

[@antaresmc4407]

@@MacakTosha mostly UO2, but mabe traces of other things may be there

[@vladsnape6408]

8:12 The WHO says that depleted uranium is not too bad, this means that it is extremely dangerous, hazardous and severely damages the health of thousands if not tens of thousands of people.

[@mikeletterst9882]

ONLY during the first 3-weeks of Iraq's invasion in 2003 the US forces used 2,000 tonnes of depleted uranium munitions. Keep in mind that the half-life for depleted uranium (U238) is 4.5 billion years. Since 2003, congenital malformations have increased to account for 17% of all births in Fallujah and Basra, Iraq. Moreover, the overall incidence rate of childhood cancer in Basra was found to be (13.74/100,000).

[@austinendicott2938]

Thank you! I was hoping to find someone who has read about this. I have a feeling that this will be a very big story one day. This won't be going away.

[@oldschoolcfi3833]

There are also a lot of other toxins in that environment, the place is/was an ecological disaster in the years following the war. There isn't a Iraqi EPA out there making the place clean. There was probably a hundred times more chemical contamination than that from DU rounds. Correlation does not often prove causation without additional study.

[@aapp953]

Yeah this professor is a disinformation agent. That's sad how easy it is to find an American willing to sell his humanity at the cost of not only civilians in these countries but also the Americans that are poisoned by this stuff.

[@jaffacalling53]

DU has a half life of 4.5 billion years, which means it has extremely low levels of radioactivity. Those increases in cancer, if they even exist, have nothing to do with DU.

[@mikeletterst9882]

@@jaffacalling53 Depleted uranium, which is used in armour-piercing ammunition, causes widespread damage to DNA which could lead to lung cancer. Also, Uranium accumulates in bones, irradiating the bone marrow, potentially inducing leukemia, while building up in organs causing the breakdown of certain biological faculties as well as developing cancers.The US has committed some horrific crimes against humanity in Iraq. I hope they'll be forced to pay reparations to all Iraqis.

[@cn8299]

We live in an age where people eat Tide Pods for views. I'm sure the Uranium Eating challenge will be a thing sooner or later.

[@danielaramburo7648]

I challenge you to a DU milkshake!!!!!! Then post it on social media.

[@aapp953]

This professor should be the first to eat it since he says it's not bad

[@lw1zfog]

coming to a ukronion town anytime now

[@Phil-D83]

D.U. contaminates the hell environment when used in war. Works wonders as it cuts through tank armour and turns into many hot flaming blades when it hits that go everywhere on impact.

[@turntablized]

Proffesor but what about a crew a of tank sitting in a tank wich armor is made of depleted uranium armor plates like in an Abrams ?

[@laa0fa502]

I would guess those plates are some of the outermost armor plates. Meaning the tankers inside are still in a big steel box similar to what would shield a reactor in submarines

[@deth3021]

@@laa0fa502 what about the guys sitting, sleeping etc on the tank?

[@laa0fa502]

@@deth3021 who the fuck is sleeping on a tank. There's no good/ safe places to sleep

[@rayotoxi1509]

@@laa0fa502 well you do need to sometime stay on the field and not return to base and then you have to sleep in the tank well there is allways someone awake to warn is something is comming or happening and the crew is fine the uranium is behind other composite layers and the armor is thick is better to have Uranium then getting Penetrated becuse your armor didnt have maximum protection but again if the armor is penetrated you have Uranium flying around the tank from the Penetrator Dart and fragments from your tank

[@draunt7]

Are there any uses for U-238 that don't include destroying land or peoples?

[@paulanderson79]

Lots of uses. Armor plating for vehicles. It is very heavy and very ductile, thus it stops bullets very effectively. Surprisingly it's also as radiation shielding. U238 itself is only very very slightly radioactive. Hence the 4 billion year half life - it's decaying very very slowly indeed. U238 is not fissile and has no application in either reactors or in weapons.

[@rhynosouris710]

Also used for trimming weights in aircraft, coloring in ceramics, a few scientific instruments. Its best use might be as a fertile element in breeder reactors

[@sulfo4229]

A very cool paperweight in a room you don't visit too often.

[@0sdm]

Just F.Y I that pic of the DU ammo and weapon system he showed was from an anti air missle system....but it was not used on tanks ...and navy [ ciws ] stoped using it before 2000.

[@okeybuckeye524]

I thought it was the A 10

[@0sdm]

@@okeybuckeye524 same "type of gun" but A-1- is a 30MM ( gao 8 AVENGER ).

[@kqharvey]

Too many editorial comments to trust this guy as an impartial scientist.

[@ycmgxekwa]

Is Prof so intelligent that he write from right to left with ease!

[@aapp953]

No its just how well trained he is at being backwards

[@johns1625]

Saying DU projectiles aren't a big deal might make sense if you're talking about a sabot projectile from a tank to penetrate the armor of another tank. However, Fallujah had two million pounds pumped into it in just a few months, all of which is still there, and birth defects in that area are approaching 1 in 5 children effected. Completely cruel and unnecessary to do this to entire civilian populations when Tungsten exists.

[@TURBOMIKEIFY]

Genuinely curious. Which is cheaper, DU or Tungsten?

[@Nobluffbuff]

@@TURBOMIKEIFY Tungsten is immensely expensive compared to D.U., actually no comparison. When you think about it, they are probably shipping that stuff to manufacturers FOR FREE 😄 just to get that waste off their hands.

[@AJAtcho]

ah, yes firing a more expensive bullets which is more or less the same toxicity level is completely valid argument.

[@suyci]

6:57 well there go my dinner plans :/

[@kennyk5113]

Am I the only one recognising how easy he writes backwards, he is writing on a clear screen right??

[@GuderII]

Thanks for the explanation professor

[@onpurpose2629]

What is the half life of depleted uranium?

[@erintyres3609]

I have great respect for anyone who can write backwards with his left hand.

[@sasquatchycowboy5585]

I want this man as president. It would be nice to have a truly intelligent person for a change. And some one who actually understands many of the challenges we face, and has a good reason for the corses of action they take.

[@fitofight8540]

SasquatchyCowboy if he were to be president he would fail since by then he would be a politician.

[@sasquatchycowboy5585]

@@fitofight8540 Sadly you're probably not wrong.

[@aapp953]

You're not very smart are you? Do you drink bleach to clean your mouth?

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Also two-headed babies are a good thing.

[@BrianHoff04]

The excuse "War is messy" is a simplistic statement. I want to win so who cares what's left when it's all done. As long as I win and they lose we'll all be better later. We need more thought about what we are doing, what it does, what it will become later. We keep paying now for what we did in the past. Are we ready to do it better or shall we just continue doing what we've been doing? "The system is designed perfectly for the results you are getting" is something worth thinking about.. a lot. Also, the audacity to determine that Gulf War Syndrome is PTSD and nothing else. Man... I'm not blaming it on DU but I would suggest he not decide what it is and isn't without some serious footnotes and evidence.

[@chriskennedy2846]

I agree. He could have stuck to uranium science in this video without throwing in 2 cents of pentagon propaganda. Johns Hopkins has a gulf war syndrome webpage and on it - it still lists other possible causes such as: chemical agents/nerve gas, oil well fire smoke. If you recall, the 9/11 first responders who suffered health effects were hung out to dry as well - and Jon Stewart had to do a "shame on you" speech to congress to get people to wake up.

[@mod0049]

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[@GreenEarth20]

this video was a complete fucking dumpster fire clown show

[@axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139]

So depleted uranium is harder than steel?

[@sacriptex5870]

this channel is amazing! Greetings from Brazil!!

[@aapp953]

@mind fornication he's from Brazil he probably drinks it then goes on a killing spree

[@xeddtech]

On a side note, does he have to write everything in reverse to get it to show right when we look at it?

[@maxheadshot3287]

I strongly disagree because generations of civilians have to deal with that afterwards. Just common sense should tell that (same problem as land mines). War does not justify everything and most wars are silly without any benefit for mankind. Vietnam has to deal with Agent Orange until today, a good example for a silly war.

[@misiu9049]

Agree, never believe research being done by the aggressor. They will always try to avoid responsibility.

[@MutableDevotions]

“I’d prefer a water cannon to rubber bullets” to use on protesters is a crazy statement for a professor to have to make

[@EricTViking]

Depleted Uranium was used as trim weights in the tails of Boeing 747 airliners back in the day.

[@konradcomrade4845]

I am not very convinced, that depleted uranium isn't a long-term problem, after initial profitable "use", to win the battle.

[@axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139]

I'm still here wondering why depleted uranium is a more effective projectile? Density?

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

Ok, if you hit sar AR500 steel plate with a normal lead/steel core projectile, It will essentially splatter. A Tungsten projectile will start to penetrate depending on thickness of the material, but will essentially fragment.. Depleted Uranium when it hits hardened steel, penetrates and instead of becoming blunt or fracturing, the structure allows it to self sharpen as it penetrates Thats the easiest way I can explain it

[@axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139]

So it is not the density?. Sir, Thank you for your honest answer

[@axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139]

@@HebrewHammerArmsCo radioactive rounds.. that's the concern... and if fired is a violation of the Geneva convention set. A war crime.

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

@@axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139 Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about. I doubt highly you have ever read the Geneva Convention..

[@axiom.ai.obviousbattletank7139]

@@HebrewHammerArmsCo the standards of war, examined a global unitarian ideal. Depleted uranium rounds are a violation because the agreement. Hi , you have thoughts thoughts the Geneva convention? I, for one, ask questions, and challenge authority.

[@joshuamuller7437]

Lets say I want to use DU bullets for my tanks and DU armour for my tanks, but i don't want expose my soldiers to the radio active part, and have the possibility of getting sick. Is there away to process the DU further, even it was down to 0.1 %. Can that be done ?

[@deth3021]

Of course, but it would be extremely expensive, due to diminsing returns.

[@rayotoxi1509]

or just have the DU armor behind Composite armor Aka Not the last layer like Outer Steel then Uranium then the rest of the Composite and lastly Last steel layer and Spall Liner (spall liner is a thin liner to reduce fragments if the armor gets penned) and for ammo dont worry just have the tipp made out of other things like Tungsten becuse the loader allways holds the tipp is easy to reload that way and then ones the gunner shoots is out of the tank and not your worry anymore and most of the time ammo is behind a blastwall to protect from ammo cook off well unless your in a russian tank

[@justvideos3216]

It is easy to say it is not dangerous if you fire it into other countries. But what would the scientist say if they get the radioactive pollution in the own country?

[@paulanderson79]

U238 has a half life of over four billion years. That means it's decaying very very slowly and thus it is only very very slightly radioactive. it's chemically toxic, as are all heavy metals but for practical purposes the radioactivity can be ignored. Sure, you don't want to grind it up and inhale it but that goes for hundreds of substances, not just U238.

[@aapp953]

@@paulanderson79 oh OK so there is nothing wrong and we should keep using it maybe you can put some on the tip of the strap on your wife uses on you since your not eating it per say

[@paulanderson79]

@@aapp953 You're seriously messed up. As well as illiterate. And completely clueless when it comes to chemistry and physics.

[@nekokiki4002]

If depleted uranium sword was possible, would it just cut through steel swords? Or something similar

[@aapp953]

I don't know but I would hope that this professor make a small incision in his arm to prove that it is not dangerous

[@mayhulk7514]

That would be a very heavy sword depending on the style. Plus wouldn't it react with iron? Depleted uranium is still very dangerous

[@srtamplification]

They also use DU in tank armor to defeat armor-piercing rounds.

[@ferreirog]

Great one,

[@johnnymnemonic69]

What would happen of you made a depleted uranium hammer aand hit an anvil with it?

[@jimmykhuc3288]

first serch of Du, learned alot

[@neilchapman5145]

Iraq called and said this guy is downplaying depleted uranium after effects

[@chapter4travels]

"What is Left Over (Depleted Uranium)" It's valuable fuel for future energy generation in a molten salt breeder reactor.

[@PhoenixtheII]

Nonono, fuck the future, lets use it to kill enemies, a far better use! -Humans

[@GreenspudTrades]

I liked his explanation of what it is, but I disagree with his justification and downplay of the horror of this weapon.

[@zeribajr]

Fission products can be used in betavoltaics but I coud not understand why such batteries have low power. Why can´t they be used to generate power for a house, even if you scale up?

[@haroldfernandez3317]

Hi prof. David. I don´t understand something.¿Did you say 0.7% but you take account of 6*0.7, not 6*(0.7/100)? maybe I´m not understanding. Pls your help

[@Gameboygenius]

What he said was 6*0.7=5*0.2+1*3.2 What he should have said is 6*0.7/100=5*0.2/100+1*3.2/100 but since /100 is a common factor, you can multiply by 100 and say what he said and it's still proportionally equivalent.

[@haroldfernandez3317]

ah ok, got it

[@rayotoxi1509]

just want to clear one thing up just becuse you have DU (depleted Uranium) rounds dosent mean you actually cann pen the armor example a 20mm round wont have same Penetration power as a 120mm Smoothbore gun and if the round gets stoped by the tank Composite armor its not a threat to the crew and DU rounds dosent melt through the armor the penetrate it the Fire effect happends after it pens the left over melted steel Ceramic and what ever was inside the armor composite will fly throw the tank with high speed and melted Uranium to and thats extremly bad for the tank crew and the ammo and fuel in the tank

[@noahway13]

You might want to work on your basic grammar, spelling, and sentence structure if you plan to wow people with your knowledge.

[@Preyhawk81]

I thougt you can breed uran 235 to plutonium or other radioactive stuff for reaktors.

[@jeromemalenfant6622]

No, uranium-238 is used to produce plutonium, not U-235. The U-238 absorbs a neutron in a reactor, becoming U-239, which beta decays to Neptunium-239. The Np-239 will then beta deay to become Pu-239.

[@minimumviableplayer1402]

What happens to the populace after the war in regards to exposure to DU? The professor seems to have glossed over that part. Did cancer and birth defects rise in Iraq after the war? By how much?

[@Youtuber-xs9cp]

What about children mutation of soldiers and Iraqi children mutation who were very similar?!

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

HE WANTS WATER CANNONS INSTEAD OF RUBBER BULLETS.

[@misiu9049]

Never believe research being done by the aggressor. They will always try to avoid responsibility.

[@tomsnowden6201]

Right and the other party would have no incentive in playing up the victim role right?

[@misiu9049]

@@tomsnowden6201 They don't need to do much of playing, about 2 milllion dead.

[@spiffinz]

Maybe learn your lesson and don't get shot at in the first place

[@necrosis9222]

​@@misiu9049what are you on lmao

[@jayglithero524]

20 mm armor-piercing rounds are not shells, which are hollow. They're solid shots, called penetrators. As far as nations using depleted uranium penetrators, only the U.S. does. Everyone else uses tungsten.

[@qasimmir7117]

The British Army’s Challenger 2 main battle tank also uses depleted uranium for its L27A1 armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot tank gun rounds.

[@strahinjapantelic9045]

My uncle was diagnosed with brain tumor about a month ago. He was in Kosovo during the 1999. He told us stories that the NATO airplane bombed his possison on the border, and that allthough he was not hit by the bullets, he got blisters all over his skin. The plane that bommbed them was A-10 Thunderbolt II. Guess what, that plane has a cannon for which the depleted uranium shells was most commonly produced. He is only 43 years old. That is a monstrocity.

[@Lucky-yh5np]

Depleted uranium is barely radioactive. It will not cause cancer unless a bullet penetrated his skull, in which case he would have had a more immediate problem. Your overplaying the radioactivity, it's toxicity is more of a problem but in the way it's used, neither really matter.

[@jeromemalenfant6622]

In World War 1 both sides used poison gas, probably with the justification that the other side was using it. As far as I am aware, it has not been used since, because its use in warfare was outlawed by common agreement. There is no reason that the use of depleted uranium could not be outlawed as well.

[@ajirarevani3185]

Russia still use chemical weapons in Syria and are preparing to use them in Ukraine.

[@DurzoBlunts]

Ukraine is using it now lol so much for outlawing chem warfare

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

You might want to discuss your idea with Saddam....

[@jeromemalenfant6622]

@@DurzoBlunts Ukraine is not using poison gas, Ivan.

[@misanthrope3190]

Questions: Why can't depleted uranium be placed back into the earth? Is it dangerous to touch depleted uranium? Is plutonium as deadly?

[@user-ep1ks2pq5r]

Depleted uranium is less harmful than naturally occurring uranium in the ground.

[@milosgocic8478]

How they live with himself?

[@sul923]

Gulf war syndrome is not caused by PTSD. It is an actual thing caused by multiple possible elements including Depleted Uranium.

[@noahway13]

It's funny that every sentence by this man of science is ripped apart by keyboard Ph.D's

[@mutecanvas3509]

Source: " trust me bro."

[@sul923]

@@mutecanvas3509 Have you seen the recent news on Gulf War syndrome. It was concluded by study to probably be low level nerve agents causing the symptoms.

[@psilobom]

​@@sul923 the argument isn't "depleted uranium isn't bad or unhealthy" it's that it's "not any more dangerous than any other heavy metals that soldiers or civilians would be exposed to on the battlefield". Like lead, cobalt, cadmium, ect. People had PTSD way before Uranium was used in combat. In the 1800's it was called "Soldiers Heart". In WW1 it was "Shell Shock".

[@kdarkwynde]

Those were not antitank rounds. The clues are that the guys handling them are wearing Navy uniforms, and the orange tips. Those are 20mm discarding sabot antiaircraft rounds being loaded into a Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS). CIWS is the Navy's point-defense system, designed to shoot down incoming missiles. It fires a 10 mm projectile wrapped in a 5 mm thick plastic sabot, bringing the total diameter up to 20 mm. They indeed used to be made of DU (and based on the uniforms, the ones in the picture are from that timeframe) but are now made of tungsten.

[@robertclopton8942]

A very good speaker, perhaps he should discuss research on how to make depleted uranium non-radioactive, in retrospect, in the 1900's a Japanese scientist converted mercury into gold using radioactive isotopes, unfortunately the gold became radioactive. Perhaps exposing depleted uranium to high frequency sound waves coupled with liquid helium at the same time could alter the radioactive level of the depleted uranium. Just a thought

[@jakelangevin301]

Skitzo

[@Adam-xr6fj]

Dude. The sheer amount of nosense you just said is baffling.

[@drcarlasouza6407]

depleted uranium is also a good radiation shielding material

[@chuckphilpot7756]

Just realized this dude is writing backwards. Wonder how long that takes to get good at?

[@theNeWo1]

I wonder if they mirror image flip the video. His wedding ring is on the wrong hand if they don't flip it.

[@chuckphilpot7756]

Nemo G It has got to be something, because He is extremely fluent in it.

[@MegaSherman15]

I watched a vid he sent out and he does say that they do flip the content through mirror imaging

[@scullystie4389]

His jacket pocket is on the wrong side, that's the big giveaway that the image is mirrored.

[@MacakTosha]

It can be done. I once injured my back and had to lie on the bed on right side, so I had to use my left hand for writing. Much to my surprise, it wasn’t difficult to learn, but it was much easier to do it right to left, especially if letters were mirrored. I think few weeks of practice should be enough, but drawing that way could be more difficult.

[@joparkcat]

Very disappointing attitude from the Prof, if you are trying to convince and educate people on the safety of nuclear power plants, condoning the use of radio active weapons isn't the way to do it. Maybe we should bring back chemical weapons too, you know we don't want to be at a disadvantage in war ...have to unsub, bye.

[@Bluetoothedshark]

The reverse writing is twisting my dyslexic melon!

[@Bluetoothedshark]

@Luca Augment my writing already looks like I'm using my left hand in reverse 🤣

[@diego1694]

There is research that shows that areas in Iraq where DU observed a large increase in birth defects and cancer rates. You have a point that if your enemy is using it, not using it yourself puts you at a disadvantage, but that's not what happens in reality. In fact, the countries actively using DU ammunition have always done so despite already having a huge technological advantage over the people that they were using it against. This video is plainly misinformation and severely damages your credibility.

[@GreenEarth20]

It doesn't damage his credibility, it sends it into the fucking abyss.

[@aapp953]

He actually contradicts himself right away when he tells his students not to open that little vile. I wonder what he was concerned about? Then to day gulf War syndrome is ptsd what a pos

[@joparkcat]

Very disappointing attitude from the Prof, if you are trying to convince and educate people on the safety of nuclear power plants, condoning the use of radio active weapons isn't the way to do it.

[@aapp953]

@@joparkcat he's a pos disinformation agent that's why. Plus it's just a distraction because they are trying to steer the conversation away from the fact that nuclear power plants release radio active material into the air and ground and water and the communities surrounding them have the highest rates of cancer

[@chasecook3854]

@@aapp953 He also tells them its in the form of "Uranium Oxide" which means its in powdered form. Any heavy metal in powdered form is highly toxic, and not because its radioactive. Thus, what he was concerned about.

[@johnhancockespina7453]

i came to this chanenel because of my curiosity.actually i have pair of radioactive metal left by Japanese during ww2 it has a marking PO227 and PO1038 and PO1034A.if you put this things together you can hardly breath and after that headache ang stomach pain.they say it is a polonium which was recovered by local treasure hunter.

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

NO NEED FOR BREEDER RECYCLE REACTORS. ENOUGH WITH PRESSURIZED HEAVY WATER REACTORS.

[@genevasimmonds8208]

He knows is stuff, just love the videos

[@hummingbirdman]

He didn't convince me. I still think DP is dangerous. Let's have a clinical trial of people breathing DP fumes before making unsubstantiated statements of the safety of DP.

[@AbsoluteZero797]

Is there an exothermic reaction between the uranium and the steel rifling of a gun barrel?

[@kimmer6]

Absolutely not. The actual penetrator was about 5/8'' diameter and was carried in an aluminum shell with a windscreen. The turning bands at the base of the shell which engaged the rifling were nylon.

[@moxigen]

DU in a solid form is rather harmless, but if shot it shatters into very small alpha emitter dust. many got contaminated with it and nope it is not harmless! it is a very effective round tho.

[@cascadianrangers728]

I wish I could have had depleted uranium rifle ammo when I deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

[@robertchen8297]

Thanks for making a good explanation for Russia and China to use DU weapons against Americans.

[@Z3nHolEminD]

" What's the Sound of the 25 ?"

[@TheCleansingx]

Thank you the excellent video!

[@todaywefly4370]

Whenever I see these kind of talks all I can say think is: if it’s so little of a problem, why did you feel the need to have the talk. If it’s not a problem it wouldn’t become an issue in the long run, would it. 2 things. 1: There is depleted uranium lying all over the battle field. Lot’s of it. 2: He said” there is depleted uranium inside this bottle, don’t open it.” Didn’t look like much uranium in there either…As for the World Health Organisation, well yeah they’re trustworthy aren’t they.😳

[@aodhanbaker8971]

no inside the bottle was uranium oxide its a fine yellowish powder commonly referred two as yellow cake and although its barely radioactive it's still a heavy metal and a bit more toxic than lead so if they were to open and spill a bit of it they would likely end up ingesting it cause a very fine powder like that's hard to clean off of yourself and your surroundings

[@tomsnowden6201]

Why wouldn't you discuss it if you're talking about DU? Maybe for the sake of educating people?

[@noahway13]

@@tomsnowden6201 You can't use science on these people. They know better than science.= 0

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

@@noahway13 What's the total on jabs you've had since 2021?

[@deth3021]

I feel like the argument used for du rounds here could also be used for chemical and biological weapons....

[@jaffacalling53]

No, because biological and chemical weapons have nothing in common with DU.

[@Lucky-yh5np]

DU rounds are barely radioactive and thereby leave no lasting damages to survivers, aside from the penetration itself and still have to be aimed at something you intend to kill. Chemical and especially biological weapons kill indiscriminately.

[@michaelgjoyce]

3:28 - “Matt Damon”

[@PhoenixtheII]

Ah yes, humans, leave it to them to think of using things first to kill another better.

[@inkichae5691]

Forget the uranium, is this guy writing inverted on the glass??

[@rolfhelder7771]

No, the guy is writing normal on the glass. Only the entire view is mirrorised after recording so you can read it the normal way. Writing on the glass the professor looks left-handed, in normal classroom views from the same guy he is right-handed.

[@MatthewOnAFireMissionFromGod]

This is a notch above Billy Madison’s final answer during the academic decathlon

[@aapp953]

Mibb high football rules!!! I'd say Billy Madison is much better since he didn't advocate for poison material being used as something not big of a deal

[@lordlongshaftvi4344]

Two minutes in I got distracted by this dudes Acid Trip Tie....

[@dougnemeth5249]

Still banned under international conventions…………..

[@SpataWorks]

"Why is my chemistry professor talking about politics?"

[@andrewlambert7246]

Worry about what he saying instead of worrying about how he is writing.

[@thomthumbe]

Great video! Thanks! I will say that most people are like Chicken Little when it comes to anything that radiates. Nuclear anything doesn’t even show up on the scale of reasons why humans get sick and/or die.....yet many folks run around in circles yelling that the sky is falling. No doubt there have been those who have suffered because of nuclear, and that is a tragedy. But other causes are greater by far in magnitude. While we should never dismiss the dangers of radiation, and do our utmost to protect against it, watching the drama of (over?) zealous individuals is almost jaw dropping!

[@aapp953]

Just because it's not you who is affected or so you believe because I'm sure you have family who have gotten cancer or born with deformities you just have normalized it considering your comment. You don't even know that USA doesn't test for radioactivity for nuclear power plants or military bases which have the highest rates of it being pumped into the air and ocean.

[@Lucky-yh5np]

Especially since DU rounds have so little radioactivity, that it doesn't even matter when you are hit by them.

[@noahway13]

The word is used with microwaves, so some are afraid of them. Microwaves are less energetic than even visible light, all things being equal.

[@RWSB1000]

Don't eat depleted uranium bullets. Roger that.

[@shermangriffin4668]

I was in Desert Storm.

[@somethingreal5042]

Recycling at its worst

[@redroverredrover5311]

I have a relative who wouldn't turn the car around when a chemical tank caught fire and slowed traffice fire engines.In fact she stayed in line as it inch closer to full fill her blind curiosty.I just hate her more ever day forth.

[@justdont2019]

This is some of the most blatant propaganda I’ve ever seen.

[@grayforsyth3728]

We ain’t gonna talk about how he’s writing backwards?

[@kirstyblack3432]

cool, "the more you know"

[@andrewlambert7246]

Thats what I have been saying all the time. Important! Do not bury the 238. We are going to need it in the future. It is going to be worth much money in the future when we finally go to fast breeders in the near future. The Romans used lead pipes. Thanks for the lecture on depleted uranium. After every war USA veterans have something new to complain about. I dont remember what the latest cpmplaint was but I remember that there is a new complaint.

[@TheDuelingBeard]

After depleted uranium bombings in ex-yu the rates of cancer have increased in those areas 5-10 fold. Yes we’ll chalk that up to stress and not the radioactive material that the Americans or nato wanted to unload since they have tons and tons of the stuff.

[@Willaev]

False.