Uranium Depletion Weapons

Uranium Depletion Weapons in the National Security Context

A definition and brief description of Uranium Depletion Weapons in relation to national security is as follows:Depleted uranium (DU) munitions are armor-piercing or general-purpose ammunition rounds that are composed, in part, of depleted uranium. Depleted uranium is uranium that has had most of its 234U and 235U removed for use in nuclear power or nuclear weapons, leaving metal that is almost entirely 238U.