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Contamination fears after Ukraine loses British tank (declassifieduk.org)

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[–] morry040@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

For comparison, Russia has been equipping their modern tanks with depleted uranium since Dec 2018.
https://tass.com/defense/1036958

And the Ukrainians have been destroying those tanks...
https://gagadget.com/en/war/253241-ukrainian-assault-squad-destroyed-russian-upgraded-t-80bvm-tank/

[–] coffeetest@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wait what, a tank in a warzone got blown up? Who could have predicted something like this could have happened? Totally unexpected and I am sure no one thought this was possible before sending it in. It's almost like there is a cost to war.