{"id":11658,"date":"2023-09-10T04:51:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T04:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11658"},"modified":"2023-09-10T04:51:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T04:51:46","slug":"u-s-announces-its-sending-controversial-depleted-uranium-rounds-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11658","title":{"rendered":"U.S. announces it\u2019s sending controversial depleted-uranium rounds to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Although depleted uranium is a byproduct of uranium enrichment, U.S. officials say the munitions are common and do not present a radioactive threat. They cite studies by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog, showing \u201cthe existence of depleted uranium residues dispersed in the environment does not pose a radiological hazard to the population of the affected regions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, opponents such as the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons say there are dangerous health risks, including cancer, from touching or ingesting depleted-uranium dust.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;U.S. officials ultimately decided to send the munitions because they are considered the most effective way of arming U.S.-made Abrams tanks, according to a Defense Department official familiar with the plans. The first tranche of 10 Abrams&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/31\/ukrainian-soldiers-complete-training-abrams-tanks-00113668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will arrive in Ukraine<\/a>&nbsp;in mid-September, after a group of Ukrainian soldiers finished a training program to use them last month, POLITICO first reported.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/06\/us-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-decision-00114208\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/06\/us-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-decision-00114208<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Although depleted uranium is a byproduct of uranium enrichment, U.S. officials say the munitions are common and do not present a radioactive threat. They cite studies by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog, showing \u201cthe existence of depleted uranium residues dispersed in the environment does not pose a radiological hazard to the population of the affected regions.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, opponents such as the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons say there are dangerous health risks, including cancer, from touching or ingesting depleted-uranium dust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;U.S. officials ultimately decided to send the munitions because they are considered the most effective way of arming U.S.-made Abrams tanks, according to a Defense Department official familiar with the plans. The first tranche of 10 Abrams will arrive in Ukraine in mid-September, after a group of Ukrainian soldiers finished a training program to use them last month, POLITICO first reported.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/06\/us-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-decision-00114208<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[552,924,728,272,355,314,1545,315,311,619,158,1055],"class_list":["post-11658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-conflict","tag-eastern-europe","tag-europe","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-foreign-policy","tag-international-relations","tag-invasion","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-united-states","tag-war","tag-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11659,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11658\/revisions\/11659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}