Pentagon Delays New 'Bunker Buster' Bomb

Kuwait Times ^ | December 20, 2009

[Strategy]

WASHINGTON: A "bunker buster" bomb with more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor is to be put into service by the United States next December, six months later than previously scheduled, the Defense Department said. The deployment's timing may help shape new calculations in long standoffs with Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs, much of which are believed to be underground to avoid detection and enhance their chances of surviving an attack.

[colonialhk]

If its ready people will ask why you did’nt use it.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

[Yanking teeth from chair leg ...]

Good point. Merry Christmas.

[Back to gnawing.]

[jessduntno]

“If its ready people will ask why you did’nt use it.”

Exactly...

[Noob1999]

Yeah that works!

Let’s also tell the enemy exactly how many feet it will penetrate, what type of planes or missles will carry it, exactly when we will test it, and where they will be stored.

Gotta be PC ya-know! Don’t want the enemy to have to guess, like we did at Hiroshama. Wouldn’t want to have those pesky bomb belted women and children in the way!

[dhs12345]

Maybe Israel are on the short list for getting some of them and it is cover?

[pietraynor]

I would be nice to see demonstration on video, before odumbo and the libtard congress stop its production.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Because the zero is afraid of offending the Iranians. What a total wuss.

[Ready4Freddy]

It’s not too difficult to determine which platforms in our arsenal will carry the bomb, given that it weighs 30,000#.

You really only have 2 choices.

[Ready4Freddy]

Israel doesn’t have a platform capable of delivering a bomb that large, do they?

[Stultis]

Bullcrap. It could be ready if they wanted it ready. This is an intentional and designed delay.

0 has decided to give the Mullahs another freak'n YEAR, after they violated his third firm deadline, to work on their nukes unmolested. When that time is up, it'll be too late.

Iran will have the bomb, folks. Get ready for a much, much uglier and more dangerous world.

[tet68]

Why do I detect the hand of “the ONE” in this?

Dear Israel,
We’d like to help but gosh our Bb’s are running
behind schedule. Get back to us in six months.
BHO

[mj1234]

Afraid of offending??

where have you been?- the ZERO has been WOKING with the
Muzzies from the start!! I am surprised he has not
canceled ALL military programs

[jessduntno]

“Maybe Israel are on the short list for getting some of them and it is cover?”

Hmmmmmm...that would work...but with this gang in the WH?
Keep a happy thought...from your lips...

[dhs12345]

Don’t know.

[dhs12345]

Good point. They don’t appear to be terribly concerned about Iran having nukes.

[Ready4Freddy]

They don’t, unfortunately. That makes carpet bombing Gaza a bit more difficult.

[bruin66]

I think a C130 could deliver it and I think Israel has them.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

The funding was delayed because it was needed for an more urgent project - a bike trail in Chicago. It was part of their preparation for the Olympic Games.

[Ready4Freddy]

Israel has C-130s, and has the payload capacity, but do you really think that a 55 year-old, 350 mph prop plane could succeed in that mission?