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COL James Naughton, U.S. Army Materiel Command Friday, March 14, 2003 -- 1 p.m.EST
Briefing on Depleted Uranium
(Also participating; Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, (OASD HA) Deployment Health Support Directorate
Slides shown during this briefing can be found on the Web at: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/g030314-D-9085M.html
MODERATOR: Thank you for attending this afternoon. Today's briefing is on depleted uranium. Depleted uranium is something that I think we have not done a good enough job in making sure that everybody understands what depleted uranium is and what it isn't. And as we go forward, and if there is a conflict in Iraq, I think it's important for everybody to have a good understanding of depleted uranium, because there is an awful lot of misinformation out there about depleted uranium.
To help us do that today we have two briefers. We have Army Colonel James Naughton from the U.S. Army Materiel Command and he'll talk about depleted uranium as a weapon and as an armor plating. And also with us today is Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, who is of the Deployment Health Support Directorate, and he will be here to talk to you about the health effects of depleted uranium. We have probably about 30 minutes or so, but we will try to get all your questions answered. So let's go ahead and get started.
COL. NAUGHTON: I'm Colonel Jim Naughton from Army Materiel Command. I am currently the director for munitions in that organization. I have been involved in developing and buying munitions most of my military career.
We have several branches of service that use depleted uranium. We have used it for about two decades. Next chart please. During the Gulf War, we fired ammunition weighing approximately 320 tons. That sounds like an awful lot of depleted uranium, but when you actually put it together and measure it, it's a cube about eight feet on the side. It isn't really a lot of material. Depleted uranium is very heavy. That's one of the things that makes it good for use in ammunition and armor, so it doesn't take up a lot of space.
Link (http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/t03142003_t314depu.h tml)
COL James Naughton, U.S. Army Materiel Command Friday, March 14, 2003 -- 1 p.m.EST
Briefing on Depleted Uranium
(Also participating; Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, (OASD HA) Deployment Health Support Directorate
Slides shown during this briefing can be found on the Web at: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/g030314-D-9085M.html
MODERATOR: Thank you for attending this afternoon. Today's briefing is on depleted uranium. Depleted uranium is something that I think we have not done a good enough job in making sure that everybody understands what depleted uranium is and what it isn't. And as we go forward, and if there is a conflict in Iraq, I think it's important for everybody to have a good understanding of depleted uranium, because there is an awful lot of misinformation out there about depleted uranium.
To help us do that today we have two briefers. We have Army Colonel James Naughton from the U.S. Army Materiel Command and he'll talk about depleted uranium as a weapon and as an armor plating. And also with us today is Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, who is of the Deployment Health Support Directorate, and he will be here to talk to you about the health effects of depleted uranium. We have probably about 30 minutes or so, but we will try to get all your questions answered. So let's go ahead and get started.
COL. NAUGHTON: I'm Colonel Jim Naughton from Army Materiel Command. I am currently the director for munitions in that organization. I have been involved in developing and buying munitions most of my military career.
We have several branches of service that use depleted uranium. We have used it for about two decades. Next chart please. During the Gulf War, we fired ammunition weighing approximately 320 tons. That sounds like an awful lot of depleted uranium, but when you actually put it together and measure it, it's a cube about eight feet on the side. It isn't really a lot of material. Depleted uranium is very heavy. That's one of the things that makes it good for use in ammunition and armor, so it doesn't take up a lot of space.
Link (http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/t03142003_t314depu.h tml)