[Ogre] Re: Depleted Uranium

[Henry J. Cobb]

> I don't mind if politics get involved as long as they are future politics
> set
> in the OGREverse.  For example, the talk of DU poisoning can lead to a
> certain
> backlash against the pre-Combine nations and hasten the development of BPC
> armor and penetrators.  After all hyper velocity BPC impacts are more
> likely to
> produce industrial diamonds or allotropic forms of iron rather than
> radioactive
> by-products.  :-)
> --
> TAZ

Since every vehicle carries a mix of DU and nuclear rounds I don't see it
as that big of deal, but the "DU" rounds of the future might not have any
uranium in them.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/produit/11171_us.html

http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2004/08/amorphous_tungs.html

-- 
Henry J. Cobb
http://www.io.com/~hcobb/