RE: a contribution by a muslim.
November 6, 2014 at 9:44 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2014 at 9:45 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(November 6, 2014 at 4:01 pm)AtlasS Wrote: ..funny thing is that after all these years, the USA did use atomic weapons against Iraq in the 80s, the famous mini-nuke shell was famously called "silver bullet", you can google it ; it's mainly anti-tank, and radio-active tanks still exist in the Iraqi desert.
This is false. Depleted uranium ammunition was used both in the main armament of the M1A1 Abrams tank, and in the 30mm cannons of both the AH-1 attack helo and the A-10 ground-attack aircraft.
Those rounds aren't "mini-nukes". The uranium is in a portion of the cone of the round, allow armor penetration, and not only does it not explode, if it did it would negate the purpose of using it, which is to allow for armor penetration. Calling these rounds "atomic weapons" or "mini-nukes" is simply wrong, in that sense.
Do they use material that is radioactive at short distances? Yes. Does the quoted poster also mention that the M1A1 also used depleted uranium armor, thereby exposing US soldiers to the same radiation even more than the Iraqi soldiers? No, of course not, because that doesn't fit his narrative.
The gist of this post is false insofar as he is comparing these rounds to the nuclear bombs which incinerated two cities. That renders his post an appeal to fear and fallacious on those grounds.
Also, AtlasS you did indeed stereotype atheists in one of your other threads. I should think that you would be a little more aware of such sloppy thining, not to say bigotry, being as how you probably receive much stereotyping as well.