The art of warfare has a new green wrinkle: environmentally friendly explosives and bullets.
Sounds kind of oxymoronic, doesn’t it? But when you consider that 99.9% of all missile launches and explosions take place during training on your own soil with your own soldiers, government agencies are becoming increasingly concerned about the long-term impact these munitions have both on the environment and its personnel.
Stricter environmental regulations have been in place for the U.S. Army since 1994, when an executive order was passed down that required government agencies to cut the use of toxic materials by half. The U.S. Army started with the lead bullets used at training sites. An estimated 17 million rounds of small arms ammunitio
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