These were just waiting to be found and 'disappeared' (Pinochet's dead, new usage, arms control) into the black market. Who knows? Maybe there were more than 161.
Apparently no one was counting.... December 12, 2006 161 depleted uranium missiles found in southern Serbia http://english.people.com.cn/200612/12/eng20061212_331360.html 161 depleted uranium missiles found in southern Serbia font size A total of 161 depleted uranium missiles have been recovered in southern Serbia in the past nine weeks, local reports said on Monday. The missiles were left in Reljan, near Presevo after the 1999 NATO bombing campaign, the Serbian news agency Beta reported, citing representatives of directorate for the protection of the environment. During its 78-day air strikes on Serbia's predecessor Yugoslavia in 1999, the NATO dropped 31,000 missiles and bombs containing depleted uranium, a kind of radioactive toxic material that has been linked to Gulf War syndrome and spiraling levels of cancer and birth deformities in Iraq. In Kosovo, the NATO has identified some 112 sites where it acknowledges using depleted uranium munitions. But NATO has not given the government in Belgrade a comprehensive list for the rest of Serbia. The cleanup operation in Reljan started on Oct. 1, said the reports, adding that 6.5 out of 12 hectares of contaminated grounds have been searched and cleared. A total of 2.4 cubic meters of contaminated soil has also been collected and removed. The Serbian government has funded the cleanup operation in the Reljan site with 350,000 euros (some 450,000 U.S. dollars). Source: Xinhua
