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[–] 19 points 3 months ago (8 children)

But this is weird because drones arent projectiles in that sense. This is pretty much equivalent to putting very slightly radioactive lead ballast in a drone. All it is doing is slowing the drone down and reducing it's range. Very odd.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If they're not expecting the drones to return, this could be a 'salting the earth' tactic.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Its a terrible way of doing that though, if you wanted to do that there are far lighter materials (i.e. you can carry more) and you'd disperse it as a powder from altitude.

    Like I said, its weird.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    They're putting it in the munitions on the drones

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    Ah, I misunderstood. Its a missile ON another missile (the one way drone) for shooting down other drones that try and take it down and that missile has a usually tungsten fragment warhead which is being replaced with DU.

    Still weird but not completely baffling in that case.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The drone is a kamikaze drone. It delivers the warhead and destroys itself.

    The uranium is armor piercing. That's why they use it.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    As I said, drones arent projectiles in that sense.

    A uranium (or tungsten, or even jacketed lead) dart hitting a target straight on with a sharp point while going multiple times the speed of sound is armour penetrating. Just putting a heavy metal in a subsonic aircraft carrying high explosive does nothing to help it penetrate armour and likely would impede it.

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