Iran Fordow Nuclear Facility Damaged In Explosion: Was This An Attack?

PolicyMic ^ | 01/28/2013 | Tom McKay

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[Seizethecarp]

“Fordow’s nuclear plant is buried some 300 feet beneath a mountain, and is immune to airstrikes and most bunker-busting bombs.”

That would be Fordow being immune from all Israeli bunkerbusters and most US bunkerbusters...except the newest one, the MOP that was officially deployed by the US two month ago:

http://www.gizmag.com/massive-ordnance-penetrator-mop-gbu-57ab/20538/

The US may have taken a page from the Israeli raid in Syria in 2007 and just “done it” with no fanfare and leaving it up to the Iranians to yelp about their humiliation. The Syrian ally of Iran chose NOT to admit that their precious nuclear facility had been obliterated.

Early reports are of an explosion deep underground at Fordow, but I suspect that future satellite pics will show the point of penetration of the B-2 delivered MOP.

[LucyT]

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[Kenny Bunk]

What the "300 feet below the mountain" is a tip off that aerial bombing, or missile attacks on these sites, which probably number in the hundreds, is not a sure thing. Might take more than one trip per target to put the JDAM in the air vent. A war against Iran, which is bigger than all of western Europe would not be the cake-walk many of the low-info shmoes might believe.

Hope we find out wtf really happened here. Could be VERY interesting.