US Requests Super Bunker Busting Missiles That Could Destroy Iran's Nuke Sites

Geostrategy Direct ^ | March 1, 2005 | complied by Bill Gertz

[gopwinsin04]

The United States wants to develop the capability to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities with air strikes.

Officials said that the need for US capabilty to destroy underground nuclear facilites has spurred the renewal of the effort to create the so-called 'super bunker busters.'

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, issued the request for the weapon, termed the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, in a letter sent to then Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham in January.

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[gopwinsin04]

Napalm in the morning ping list!

[Enterprise]

"US Requests Super Bunker Busting Missiles That Could Destroy Iran's Nuke Sites"

Your request is:

GRANTED ! ! !

[Grampa Dave]

One would imagine that those bunker busters would work in N Korea and any other communist country with nuclear capability.

[GVnana]

Wowser!

[gopwinsin04]

[Enterprise]

Zion shall be saved!

[GSlob]

Hmm, is it possible to get a shaped charge effect from a single nuke? A spatially separated set of nukes, if arranged properly and detonated synchronously, could do the trick, but would be unwieldy.

[gopwinsin04]

This man is not pleased..

[GVnana]

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued the request for the weapon, termed Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, in a letter sent to then-Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham in January.

Damn!

[iopscusa]

Better late than never...should of already been testing in N.Korea.

[rdl6989]

This man is not pleased.

But he sure is ronery.

[gopwinsin04]

I love the smell of dictators cowering in fear early in the morning.

[Blueflag]

Much more here ...

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/page.cfm?pageID=777

[gopwinsin04]

Many thanks, I can't get in to the Global Security.org site, they should have more..

[sheik yerbouty]

ALLAHU FUBAR! "What is best in life?" To crush the mullahs, to drive their collaborators before you, and to hear the lamentations of the ayatollahs!

[Grampa Dave]

Nuclear Bunker Busters add a new chapter to Shock and Awe.

Kim the short Jong, and other dictators aren't happy at all.

[Grampa Dave]

[gopwinsin04]

[Enterprise]

"and to hear the lamentations of the ayatollahs!

Someone told me they sound a lot like the women when they lamentate.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks!

Since we have the stealth bombers and great crews to fly them, this could be a reality soon.

Of course the Rats in Congress, who hate GW and love the dictator despots of the world will fight this common sense approach.