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Pentagon Seeks Environmentally Friendly Bullets

HeadlineSep 05, 2003

The Pentagon is spending millions of dollars to develop “environmentally friendly” lead-free bullets for all of the US Armed Forces.

They will still kill you, the thinking seems to be, but the environment will not suffer so much. The Pentagon is paying Minnesota-based Alliant, the world’s largest ammunition maker, $5 million to develop lead-free combat bullets.

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