From George Sassoon
Until recently, A-10 tank-buster aircraft such as the one shown in your 13
January issue (p 5), were extremely active over Salisbury Plain. Local people
became all too familiar with their appearance and the sound of their short
bursts of fire.
If these aircraft were firing depleted uranium (DU) ammunition, the uranium
oxide formed on impact will find its way into the soil, form a soluble salt and
end up in the water supplies of southern England.
I and others have sought assurances from the Ministry of Defence that DU
ammunition was not used on the plain, but none has been forthcoming.
Warminster, Wiltshire
