In the mechanics of DU (depleted uranium) tipped weapons when the device explodes, the force of the blast breaks the DU tip into a cloud of dust that coats everything within the target, and as with all explosions, there is the dust and debris that is jettisoned outward - this includes the dust from the DU. As the dust settles, the contaminated material also settles to earth or becomes airborne and drifts to other parts of that country. Now we have radioactive material spreading over a large area.
For an essay on DU, see Axis Of Logic's Of Pynchon, Thanatos and Depleted Uranium
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