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| U.S. preparing bunker busters in case talks with Iran fail |
| 2015-04-04 |
| [Harretz] A senior American official told the Wall Street Journal on Friday that the U.S. was readying its arsenal of heavy duty bunker-buster bombs for the possibility that the talks with Iran fail, and a decision is made to attack Iran's heavily fortified nuclear facilities. "The Pentagon continues to be focused on being able to provide military options for Iran if needed," the anonymous official is quoted as telling the paper. "We have not taken our eyes off the ball." According to the Wall Street Journal report, the Pentagon has been working on the improved bunker-busters for some time, with the latest tests taking place in mid-January -- before the latest round of talks with the Iranians. The U.S. together with the other five world powers reached a framework agreement with Iran on Thursday, according to which Iran will submit its nuclear program to restrictions and international oversight in return for the lifting of economic sanctions. The sides said that an agreement would be signed by the June 30. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 My math sez The Mad Mullahs have about 9 months maximum "slack time" for (1) US discovery + (2) time for any new sanctions to begin biting before bomb "breakthrough" (and be unable to blame it on the next Administration.): Obama leaves office (next President will, assumably, be tougher on Iran.)in apx 21 months Minimum time to "breakthrough" is estimated at 12 months Eff' around with Mr. Obama = 21-12 = 9 Hope our Military takes Iran more seriously than The White House. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-04-04 21:37 |
| #14 They missed April 1st |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2015-04-04 19:53 |
| #13 I assume the government is planning on using them against Fox News? |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2015-04-04 19:53 |
| #12 Yeah, there's always the Well. Though probably stinky at the bottom by now. |
| Posted by: KBK 2015-04-04 19:40 |
| #11 I'm sure the mad mullahs have some very deep holes they are planning on hiding in when TSHTF. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-04-04 19:22 |
| #10 Irish, it's not about the government centers, it's about the nuclear facilities, which are probably buried and fortified. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-04-04 18:01 |
| #9 Why does anyone need "bunker busters" to flatten the gov't centers in Tehran? |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2015-04-04 17:05 |
| #8 Atrophy is your friend. Embrace it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-04 16:10 |
| #7 @#3: Thank you. My "thinking outside the box" skills are, apparently, atrophying. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-04-04 16:02 |
| #6 Should have been step one of the non-existent plan. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-04-04 14:44 |
| #5 About 20MT ought to be sufficient. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-04-04 14:05 |
| #4 Can't possibly do anything until the improved bunker busters have been demonstrated to work. Until then -- so sorry about your six million dead, Bibi! -- we'll all simply have to wait. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-04-04 12:59 |
| #3 Champ wouldn't have any problem at all employing a 'Bunker Buster.' I doubt Kansas, Texas, Indiana, or Nebraska would appreciate his targeting scheme however. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-04-04 12:42 |
| #2 Good luck finding a CiC willing to employ it. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-04-04 11:22 |
| #1 and a decision is made to attack Could this also serve as a self-damping, runaway reactor, earth-burrowing meltdown extinguisher? When does the Fukushima meltdown cloud cover the northern hemisphere? Oh. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-04-04 10:10 |