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

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

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  • methodicalaspect@midwest.socialEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Hell even the civilian 747-200 used to use depleted uranium as counterweights in its outboard ailerons to counter aerodynamic flutter. I believe El Al 1862 in the early ‘90s (I have probably seen every air crash investigation video on YouTube twice at this point) was what caused the world to take notice of that.

    Here’s the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s doc about it, though they talk about the tail assembly a bit more: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ml0321/ml032180089.pdf