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Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by moccachino on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:47AM (#19571569)
It seems to me that on a budget of 600-700 billion, it would not be too difficult to spend a few billion on bullets. Also not every bullet has to be the same (ignoring logistics and interoperability for the moment), but if there are already different sizes of bullets then they could be made out of different materials.

At least that should slightly decrease the concentration of any single material when large quantities of bullets pile up.

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Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by _jal on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:53AM (#19571641)
> slightly decrease the concentration of any single material when large quantities of bullets pile up.

Don't worry, then. They've been using depleted uranium rounds, too.

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Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by village-idiot on Thursday April 04, 2019 @10:22AM (#19572609)
Oh, it’s worse than that.

Depleted Uranium tank shells don’t produce too much dust, because of Uranium’s habit of braking into large pointed shards. This “self sharpening” aspect is why the material is used. But when it’s used in thermobaric arms, watch out.

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Re:The Army thought a veteran faked his health issues while ... by moccachino on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:05AM (#19571765)
... Great.

Well, I guess consideration for anything except mission results is too much to ask of an organization like a military...

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