The Security Service found uranium in Geran-2 warheads striking Chernihiv Oblast and warned residents not to touch drone fragments, which can release radioactive dust.
I assume it’s for fragmentation to hit the planes that are often employed to hunt down the drones. Drone swarms already include duds to distract the defenses, then they started adding duds with tiny explosive charges, then it became apparent that planes getting hit by the explosions of drones they were shooting down was a significant threat, so I guess they added shrapnel to make it more likely to happen. Depleted uranium isn’t that unusual in warfare, it’s mostly used for its density.
I assume it’s for fragmentation to hit the planes that are often employed to hunt down the drones. Drone swarms already include duds to distract the defenses, then they started adding duds with tiny explosive charges, then it became apparent that planes getting hit by the explosions of drones they were shooting down was a significant threat, so I guess they added shrapnel to make it more likely to happen. Depleted uranium isn’t that unusual in warfare, it’s mostly used for its density.
US dumped 2,200 tonnes of radioactive uranium rounds in Iraq.