Why does the USA use DEPLETED URANIUM MUNITIONS ?

Answer 1

Because the uranium makes the casing of the shells hard enough to pierce armor.
The radiation affects both the civilian population and the occupying soldiers afterwards.
See "Gulf War Syndrome".

Answer 2

Depleted Uranium Munitions are the Agent Orange of the All Volunteer Army, They are more dngerous to our troops than the enemy. The effects will continue for generations and once again it will be us who inflicted the harm on our veterans.

Answer 3

Because it is an effective weapon against armored vehicles. Uranium has a high mass and thus a tremendous amount of inertia. Anti-tank shells are made up of a super hard tip (tungsten) on a uranium dart. When it strikes an armor plate, it penetrates the metal and causes it to become molten and blow out into the compartment of the target. The radioactive nature of the uranium never comes into play.

Answer 4

For the same reason it used napalm in Vietnam - it thinks it is above the law and is entitled to use banned weapons, doesn't care less that the victims will die in agony, doesn't care less that its own troops will be contaminated for the rest of their lives, and doesn't care less that Iraq will be polluted for centuries.