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2011-11-15 Science & Technology

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Posted by Angimp Glavise7223 2011-11-15 20:21|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 And at just about the right time to ...

To wit,

* NEWSMAX > [Herbert London] IRAN"S NUCLEAR WEAPONS ALL BUT ASSURED NOW. A "virtual fait accompli".

versus

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > [Poster OpEd] CAN IRAN CREATE A NUCLEAR-ARMED PERSIAN EMPIRE?, stretching ostensibly from the Mediterranean to the Indus River???

To paraph the ancient Greeks-Hellenes, Romans, BYzantines, + Ottomans = "The Persians are coming, the Persians are coming"!

* TOPIX > IRAN MP: IRAN WILL ANNIHILATE ISRAEL FOREVER IFF ATTACKED.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-15 21:05|| 2011-11-15 21:05|| Front Page Top

#2 the 30,000-pound bunker busters, known as MOPs, designed to penetrate 30 stories of reinforced concrete.

I had no idea bunker busters could penetrate that deep.

Posted by phil_b 2011-11-15 21:22|| 2011-11-15 21:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I look forward to "the optics" that this puppy will provide for the msm...Yow-Zuh!!

Posted by Angoper Smith4384 2011-11-15 21:32|| 2011-11-15 21:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Use it, Dammit!

Just Please USE It!

Posted by Angoper Smith4384 2011-11-15 22:42|| 2011-11-15 22:42|| Front Page Top

#5 A story is 10 feet, so the claim is penetrating 300 feet of reinforced concrete.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-15 22:43|| 2011-11-15 22:43|| Front Page Top

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