[tet68]

Barf alert!

[backhoe]

-Ready for `Mini-nukes`? --

-Lots of Info Re:Nukes, Missiles, Cox Report, etc.--

-Nuke News, about 1/3rd down in the article--

[ASA Vet]

once deployed, could lower the bar to the use of nuclear weapons

Comrade Levi apparently is unaware nuclear weapons have been "deployed" since 1945.
The actual use of nuclear weapons in War, also in 1945, did not "lower the bar."
The fact is that use raised the bar.

While F.A.S. is a good source of technical information on weapons systems,
their leftist politics color any opinion they issue.

[Looking for Diogenes]

Analysis by FAS shows that maximum penetration by a missile is from 100' to 200', and that anything less than twice that will result in enormous fallout. Note this illustration is for a 1 kt bomb. The size currently being considered for a 'bunker buster bomb' is 5 kt. (The linked article is a good discussion of the physics and technology involved.)

Fig. 5 Underground nuclear tests must be buried at large depths and carefully sealed in order to fully contain the explosion. Shallower bursts produce large craters and intense local fallout. The situation shown here is for an explosion with a 1 KT yield and the depths shown are in feet. Even a 0.1 KT burst must be buried at a depth of approximately 230 feet to be fully contained.
Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons

[boris]

"We don't have to 'go nuclear' to crack Saddam's bunkers"

...but nukes are so much more fun.

--Boris

[harpu]

Would this article from the liberal biased Houston Chronicle be just another fine example of 'liberal dribble'?

[Gumlegs]

Advanced penetrating missile technology also can be used to directly attack buried targets. Consider the BLU-116, a 2,000-pound penetrating weapon already in the U.S. arsenal.

Gee. Almost as big as the shells fired by USS New Jersey.

[zx2dragon]

I think that the new 25,000 pounder that the miltary is working on will be a good earth mover. Like the daisy cutter, but it will have "smart" electronics so that it can be guided to a specific target. Of course anything within 10 or so football fields is likely to be leveled as well.