https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)
I guess it's possible chaff is made by Glitterex.
PSA: Depleted uranium is so-called because it has less radioactivity than the dangerous stuff (U-235).
It's a toxic heavy metal, but it doesn't present any serious radioactivity danger.
Re:What Is Glitter?
by itronitron on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:01PM
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yep, depleted uranium bars are used within helicopter blades to equalize the momentum along their length. it's a very heavy metal
https://old.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/a8hrk0...
>defense department would be extremely secretive
>And they very much wouldn't care about the environmental impact
>A few hundred tons of glitter is significantly less bad than thousands of tons of agent orange and dioxin.
>And depleted uranium