Pentagon May Scrap 35 Million Depleted Uranium Rounds Used by the A-10 Warthog's Gun

Sep 26, 2019 | Joseph Trevithick, Drive
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The US military is looking into what it would take to dismantle and dispose of more than 35,000,000 rounds of ammunition with depleted uranium cores, predominantly 30mm shells for the iconic GAU-8/A Avenger cannon on the A-10 Warthog ground-attack aircraft. This comes more than a year after the U.S. Air Force revealed it was looking into the possibility of stopping using these controversial rounds for good.