U.S. Marine Corps jets accidentally fired more than 1,500 bullets containing depleted uranium during a military exercise on an island near Okinawa, Japan, in late 1995 and early 1996. This is being reported by The Washington Times today. A U.S. Defense Department spokesperson confirmed the incident and said the bullets had been mislabeled as armor-piercing bullets. He said an expert U.S. team had assessed the environmental and health impact of the accidental use of the radioactive bullets and found there were no health or environmental risks. A U.S. contractor recovered 192 of the radioactive bullets during the March 1996 cleanup, the newspaper said, quoting a U.S. Air Force spokesperson. The level of radioactivity measured on Tori-shima, an isolated gunnery range 54 miles from Okinawa, was reported to be 10 times less than the level under which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission would require a cleanup plan.