SBU found a Russian Shahed wreckage showing radiation levels at 12 microsieverts per hour, linked to an R-60M depleted uranium warhead.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-just-used-a-radioactive-drone-in-ukraine-for-the-first-time-heres-what-we-know-18991

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  • trabpukcip [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Depleted uranium (DU) munitions were heavily used by U.S. forces in Fallujah, Iraq, during the 2004 sieges. The use of these weapons has left a lasting legacy of toxic heavy-metal and radioactive contamination, which is widely linked by researchers to the city’s severe public health crisis, including spikes in congenital birth defects and cancers

    Same stuff?