Originally Posted by
megan
Reed C. Magness, “Environmental Overview for Depleted Uranium,” CRDC-TR-85030 (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, October 1985) 10-12; In a response to Mr. Duncan Smith in the UK Parliament on 2 February 2001, Mr. John Spellar, UK Minister of Transport, stated that DU is used in balance weights in the Tristar helicopter, Wessex helicopter, and C-130 aircraft.
Happily, and despite the citation from Dan Fahey's paper, Hansard confirms that the Minister didn't actually tell Parliament that the TriStar was a helicopter.
