Isn't this illegal based on International Conventions? 🧐
"Britain will supply depleted uranium tank rounds to Ukraine, Defence Minister Baroness Goldie says."
Sauce:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-06/hl6144
Your post sent me down a rabbit hole.
The legality of using DU in armed conflict situations is in question, in part because the science is too. There is no treaty dedicated to regulating the production, use, destruction, or stockpiling of DU weapons as there is with respect to other problematic weapons and weapon systems
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-of-the-silver/
ChatGPT:
The use of depleted uranium bullets is not illegal under international law, but their use may be restricted by national laws or regulations. Depleted uranium bullets are typically used by militaries for their armor-penetrating capabilities. The main concern with depleted uranium is its potential health and environmental effects. The use of depleted uranium bullets by military forces is generally subject to strict operational procedures and protocols to minimize risks to personnel and the environment.
It is not that anyone imagines the law to be just. Everyone knows that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. But no one accepts the implications of this, everyone takes it for granted that the law, such as it is, will be respected, and feels a sense of outrage when it is not. Remarks like ‘They can’t run me in; I haven’t done anything wrong’, or ’They can’t do that; it’s against the law’, are part of the atmosphere of England...Everyone believes in his heart that the law can be, ought to be, and, on the whole, will be impartially administered. The totalitarian idea that there is no such thing as law, there is only power, has never taken root….
In England such concepts as justice, liberty and objective truth are still believed in. They may be illusions, but they are very powerful illusions. The belief in them influences conduct, national life is different because of them. “
George Orwell
