Posted on 08/03/2012 1:30:05 AM PDT by neverdem
Here's the < a href="http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120725/DEFREG02/307250003/Donley-New-bunker-busting-bomb-ready-use?odyssey=nav" target="_blank">link.
Type - "Bunker buster" bomb
Place of origin - United States
Service history
Used by - United States Air Force
Production history
Manufacturer - Boeing Specifications
Weight - 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg)
Length - 20.5 feet (6.2 m)
Diameter - 31.5 inches (0.80 m
Suppose there are a LOT of deer? Suppose they are in hardened underground bunkers?
Suppose there are a LOT of deer? Suppose they are in hardened underground bunkers?
Suppose President Obama and his crew go into hiding after suspending the 2012 elections...
Hardened bunkers have an entrance and an air shaft. How secure would that make you feel if both were remanded as inoperable? Standoff delivery systems like the B2 can loiter and watch for any movement and then play whack-a-mole.
Let them stay in hiding, for eternity.
Heck with the deer Laz... I’d have figured you for more of a bare hunter ;)
How metaphoric, it looks like a Suppository or Hemorrhoidal Suppository, perfect for Wackmadinajob...
It’s shaped like something the pedophile Harry Reid would use.
I’m not sure that a 30,000# bomb is a stand off weapon, but we can surely deliver them a lot faster than the Iranians can dig new tunnels. The time constant for digging a rescue tunnel is on the order of weeks, the time constant for dialing up an air strike on the order of hours. Besides all the digging activity takes place on the surface and has a very distinctive signature. And the raids will very quickly deplete their tunneling assets.
Would you agree it is a standoff because they will not see them coming or see the B2’s on a loiter pattern?
Also, when the theatre of engagement is hot, it does not take hours to make a call.
Can you imagine the sound that thing makes when it is going through the air?
The original bunker busters they used in the first Gulf War were make out of discarded 155mm cannon barrels. They went from concept to delivery in six weeks.
The Iran command was hunkered down in bunkers in Baghdad that were too deep to get out without unacceptable collateral damage to the surrounding civilian population. Some guy got the idea of dropping cannon barrel that could dig down and explode deep in the earth. The nice thing about deep underground bunkers is that they contain all the force of an explosion. A small charge results in huge damage.
Acknowledged. The infamous bunker full of regime people and their families that brought out a hail of indignation in the media because “civilians” were killed was BS. To me it falls under the category of fleas and sleeping with dogs.
Then you will not want to be a pussy’footin around.....
B-61 Mod 11 is what you seek to bunker bust yer neighbors right proper.
Stay safe and do it right the first time !
The Iraqis never saw it coming. It really pist them off.
This was a necessary news release during much sabre rattling by the Iranians and their proxies.
The Iranians are thinking, “Those fools. Our underground nuclear labs are untouchable. They are one mile deep and even the MOAB could not reach us. HA HA I fart in your general direction.”
We did not release the whole plan, although Conley sought permission to tell the Iranians the date and time of the attack...like the first Tuesday in November.
Part two of the bunker buster is to allow debris and dust to settle for 5-10 minutes followed by a low yield tactical nuke right down the rather nice hole created by the first strike. Maximum damage and minimum fallout.
What do you think, Mr President?
Oh, too much chance of success. Shelve it with the others? Yes Sir.
You beat me in posting this. I was around for the initial development and prototype of the Mod 11.
Methinks the deeper they have dug, the deeper their graves will be with air, power and exits cut off by the bunker buster. If the initial bang doesn’t get them a few more days will. Graves and nuclear material disposal already taken care of....
“Fifteen tons, and what do ya get?”
That beast is ......;o)
Stay safe !
Once a bunker buster opens the bunker, fuel air bombs can be dropped in, where this type of explosives can literally blow the entire bunker killing everyone inside and destroying all equipment.
The U.S. military has the bomb capable of doing the job and the Iranians know this. They can dig a mile into the ground, all that is needed is to drop additional BB’s at the same point.
For one example see 1:41 - 1:43 here:
Thanks for the link. I’m getting used to a new computer.
Thanks neverdem.
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