I was discussing this with an ex-Russian serviceman a little while ago. He reckoned that this is also a great way to get around the expensive problem of safely disposing of spent nuclear fuel.

He also pointed out that the military don't have too much of a problem transporting the radioactive munitions without adequate protection for military personnel

I 'spose it's all just collatoral damage on way or another at the end of the day......

U.S. Department of Energy websites about depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6), a product of the uranium enrichment process, suggest that military use of DU is being considered as a disposal method, and could be driving that use in part. The military says DU weapons are very useful ("useful"), which they may be given the cost of disposal, it certainly seems possible that spreading this stuff across Iraq, Serbia/Kosovo and Afghanistan would be financially very attractive.

 http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/

 http://www.em.doe.gov/uranium/

It seems there are 700,000 metric tons of this stuff, and the DOE is hoping to use conversion to military and other uses to "manage" it.

These websites only mention of military use I could find was at this webpage:

 http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/faq/mgmt/faq26.cfm

Several current and potential uses exist for depleted uranium. Depleted uranium could be mixed with highly enriched uranium from retired nuclear weapons to produce nuclear reactor fuel. This process is called blending, and, to date, only natural or slightly enriched uranium has been considered for this application. Depleted uranium is currently used for radiation shielding. Such uses can be expected in the future, and there are other potential uses as counterweights on forklifts and as flywheels. Military applications of depleted uranium include use as tank armor, armor-piercing projectiles (antitank weapons), and counterweights in missiles.

I remember seeing DOE's websites on depleted uranium hexaflouride about a year ago, and they seem much more open about military use. I could be mistaken, but the DOE may have decided to remove this information for public relations purposes.

Ouch, sorry for the messed-up grammar in my post. I hope I got my point across.

Another useful side effect of this is that your vanquished enemy will be too week with cancer to form another army, and the nasty birth defects will keep the population down in an unstable area.
Fucking NATO bitches.