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1 posted on 01/27/2012 5:14:54 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

We’ll never know until we actually use it, will we?


2 posted on 01/27/2012 5:16:54 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Sub-Driver

Yeah

I was thinking what one very small nuke would do.


3 posted on 01/27/2012 5:18:38 PM PST by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: Sub-Driver

The next step would have to be the EPNM,
the Earth Penetrating Nuclear Munition,
dropped in series to eat their way down
to the facility.

Probably messy but who cares.


4 posted on 01/27/2012 5:22:20 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Sometimes conventional ordinance just isn't enough, and it takes one to destroy one.
5 posted on 01/27/2012 5:23:00 PM PST by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: Sub-Driver
What we need is velocity, not mass. Forget gravity bombs. We need something very hard and rocket propelled.
6 posted on 01/27/2012 5:26:19 PM PST by ryan71 (Dear spell check - No, I will not capitalize the "m" in moslem!)
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To: Sub-Driver

You know, it’s probably not necessary to actually “Destroy” a bunker totally if you can convert it to a tomb!

So long as the elevators and tunnels are collapsed by the blast, no one and no material will be getting in or out.

The Idjits might dig them out eventually, but the activity would be visible and easily stopped with conventional bombs.


8 posted on 01/27/2012 5:30:30 PM PST by Loyal Sedition
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Off Topic...

Note: It is unknown to me if this is correct information or disinformation.

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presstv.ir/detail/223154.html

“Iran, Iraq ink MoU on transportation”
Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:34AM GMT

SNIPPET: “Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Ali Nikzad (L) and Iraq’s Minister of Transportation Hadi al-Amiri signed an MoU on transportation.

Iran and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase cooperation in road, railway and air transportations as well as technical and engineering fields.

The MoU was signed by Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Ali Nikzad and Iraq’s Minister of Transportation Hadi al-Amiri on Wednesday.

Under the MoU, Iran and Iraq agreed to facilitate bus travel and launch more direct flights between the two countries. They also agreed to connect the two countries’ railways through Khosravi and Shalamcheh border lines.

Nikzad also said Iran is ready to cooperate with Iraq in housing projects.”


13 posted on 01/27/2012 5:41:07 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Sub-Driver

The question is...

Is there a money for a bigger bomb and how long will that take?

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defense.gov//News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=66959

“Odierno: Army Will Become More Capable Through Drawdown”

By Lisa Daniel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012

defense.gov//News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=66960

“Schwartz: Smaller Air Force Will Still be Effective”

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012


14 posted on 01/27/2012 5:46:37 PM PST by Cindy
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A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


15 posted on 01/27/2012 5:47:43 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Sub-Driver

Why wouldn’t we just try to blow up the elevators down to the bottom. Cut off their O2 and will set them back a few days.


16 posted on 01/27/2012 5:47:48 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I just don't like anything about the President. And I don't think he's a nice guy.)
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To: Sub-Driver

We do not need one...we need real leadership!


19 posted on 01/27/2012 5:58:53 PM PST by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: Sub-Driver

Ok, then use 10 of those consecutively in the same spot - they hit it sooner or later.


20 posted on 01/27/2012 5:59:56 PM PST by PMAS
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To: Sub-Driver

Ok, then use 10 of those consecutively in the same spot - they’ll hit it sooner or later.


21 posted on 01/27/2012 6:00:10 PM PST by PMAS
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During WWII, the British discovered that their largest, purpose built, “Bunker Buster” bombs could not crack some of the more hardened Nazi sites.

They did not build a bigger bomb, they just used what they had in an elegant fashion. Rather than target the actual site, the British targeted the perimeter of the site. The bombs would detonate to the side and below the actual target, leaving a huge hollow cavity that the hardened facility would slide into.

Think of it as creating an artificial sink hole close enough to you target, so said target falls into the void.

I don't see why this would not work in this case. Oh...my bad...we actually have to have someone in charge that would carry out the attack.

24 posted on 01/27/2012 6:09:08 PM PST by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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29 posted on 01/27/2012 6:32:17 PM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: Sub-Driver

This baby aught to get'er done!

30 posted on 01/27/2012 6:36:07 PM PST by Zakeet (If Obama had half a brain, his butt would be lopsided)
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To: Sub-Driver

Iranians are the most experienced tunnelers in the world, have been for 2,500 years.

They are well aware of the MOAB and bunker buster technology.

The minimum depth at the entrance of the nuke facility under construction near Quom is 300 feet of rock. It is fully self contained and off the grid.

They know they won’t get nuked.


32 posted on 01/27/2012 7:04:34 PM PST by gandalftb (11th MEU, 2/4 Echo, TRAP Force)
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How about we effed up Saudia Arabia and Iran straight up? No, we have to fight everyone, but them. Joke’s on joe populace.


36 posted on 01/27/2012 9:19:28 PM PST by TwoSwords (Romney is Crassus. Newt is Parthian.)
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To: Sub-Driver
I, too, favor nukes to take out deeply buried assets. For the far distant future, it'll be relativistic weapons:
How much damage would the 7 kilograms of used kitty litter from Sneaky the cat's litterbox inflict if it was traveling at a velocity of 90% c?

Ker = ((1/sqrt(1 - P2)) - 1) * M * 9e16

Ker = ((1/sqrt(1 - 0.92)) - 1) * 7 * 9e16

Ker = 8.2e17 Joules, about 195 megatons.

Not bad, for kitty litter.


37 posted on 01/27/2012 9:20:28 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Sub-Driver

Well then...use them like a PHD (post hole digger) and keep dropping them in the same hole until the required depth
is reached. I would think no more than five or six would do it.

If that isn’t enough then burn your way in with some thermonuclear devices.


40 posted on 01/28/2012 5:18:03 AM PST by soycd
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