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2007-10-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Pentagon "urgent operational need," 30,000 pound bunker busting bomb
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Posted by Red Dawg 2007-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 So will the Dems block this funding request and allow Iran the bomb?
Posted by danking70 2007-10-25 00:12||   2007-10-25 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully they also ordered about 50 of them.
Posted by JAB 2007-10-25 00:28||   2007-10-25 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Headline reminds me of the Chase Me Ladies, I'm With the Cavalry blog:

URGENT! Please send 300 kilos of white mice. No time to explain.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-10-25 00:31||   2007-10-25 00:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Sea, there's a funny blog post and pictures of Hitchens going to a spa to get his gonads waxed at the Chase Me Ladies site you mentioned.

"Just Say Ouch"
Posted by danking70 2007-10-25 00:49||   2007-10-25 00:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably not a new observation, but sometimes you need to reach for the MOP to do the serious clean up.
Posted by Ulailing Scourge of the Faith3257 2007-10-25 00:52||   2007-10-25 00:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Warm, fuzzy feeling. No apologies.
Posted by Verlaine 2007-10-25 01:06||   2007-10-25 01:06|| Front Page Top

#7 LUCIANNE/TOPIX > US has denied that these bombs are for IRAN - however, TOPIX/REDDIT > request for more B-2's is being interpreted as for conflict wid Iran. *Iff NOT Iran or other US requirement, that leaves NORTH KOREA???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-25 01:19||   2007-10-25 01:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Either way Joe, the thought of the B-2 dropping these on a well deserving foe just gives me a chubby.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-10-25 01:26||   2007-10-25 01:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Well for Jimmy Moron, its either this or a micro nuke.
Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-25 02:00||   2007-10-25 02:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Here's to Iran being repeatedly penetrated, in the Biblical sense, of course.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-10-25 02:32||   2007-10-25 02:32|| Front Page Top

#11 If he opposes this then he is a pure traitor - by just having such a weapon it forces the Iranians to deal because their bunkers are no longer safe. If he prevents this weapon from being adapted, then he is directly and completely endangering the saftey of the US.
Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-25 02:32||   2007-10-25 02:32|| Front Page Top

#12 B-2. Suggests to me where the MOP is going to be used in the grand scheme of things: First! As it ought to be. When operations are in full swing, hopefully. Get the technical folk and the rest of the program dies out. Hopefully there will be room somewhere for a few Bunker-Busters in the payload for use along the way back, too.

And I had no idea Afghanistan had such a robust air defense network. :-)

I'll have to calculate the joules again..

What terminal velocity did you have in mind, RD? :-) Seriously, though, it seems for a deep strike you would need some altitude, which may be a problem near Iran's nuclear facilities.
Posted by gorb 2007-10-25 04:37||   2007-10-25 04:37|| Front Page Top

#13 AMERICAN THINKER > DID KIM SEND NUKE MATERIALS TO SYRIA? Kim knows how to smuggle + NK has Yongybon, i.e. reportedly already has plutonium and uranium nucmats. As for Radical Iran and Islamists, they can choose to make their own or better yet buy from NK andor Pakistan, etc. IOW, ANTI-US-WESTERN NUCTECH/NUCMATS PROLIFERATION WON'T STOP BECUZ OF 9/6. SUB-IOW, WAR IS COMING + HIGHLY LIKELY IN NEAR TERM???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-25 04:42||   2007-10-25 04:42|| Front Page Top

#14 Wars of one kind or another are highly likely for the next 10-15 years, Joe, in a lot of different places.

It's going to be a long tough battle - one we are not guaranteed to win and one we won't win if the Morans and Pelosis have their way.
Posted by lotp 2007-10-25 06:26||   2007-10-25 06:26|| Front Page Top

#15 The only thing I don't like about this is that some lucky Basij is going to get to see it before me. But I guess he'll see it coming through his ceiling at 2a.m.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-10-25 07:37||   2007-10-25 07:37|| Front Page Top

#16 Don't these Persians understand it is a cycle of violence? Keep digging, varmints. The USAF will just make'em bigger.
Posted by Excalibur 2007-10-25 08:58||   2007-10-25 08:58|| Front Page Top

#17 Puzzling. Remember the "deep digger" weapon? The deep penetrator that had cannon mounted in its nose, and could penetrate for more than any other bunker buster?

The tested it, and it worked great. And I haven't seen word one about it since.
Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-25 09:27||   2007-10-25 09:27|| Front Page Top

#18 They’ll never see the left hook that hits them. The Haliburton Earthquake and Tsunami Division just needs them to locate their facilities at the proper depth to in order to seal them permanently, equipment and personnel, in o’mother Gaia for archeologist to find in about a thousand years. Just keep releasing reports like this for another few months, keep’m diggin and HETD will have the fault lines aligned. :)
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-25 09:32||   2007-10-25 09:32|| Front Page Top

#19 what are the chances this was deliberately leaked to make everybody (in Teheran, in Moscow, etc) think harder?
Posted by Liberalhawk 2007-10-25 09:44||   2007-10-25 09:44|| Front Page Top

#20 100%
Posted by Darrell 2007-10-25 09:58||   2007-10-25 09:58|| Front Page Top

#21 For grins, I'd like to see the Air Force release a drawing of how the weapon works with an example of it hitting a bunker system that looks just like the Russian command center in the Urals...
Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats  2007-10-25 09:59||   2007-10-25 09:59|| Front Page Top

#22 How do you like American jihad Mamoud? F#ck you very much.
Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-25 11:05||   2007-10-25 11:05|| Front Page Top

#23 Keep me in mind when the test video comes out. I just have to remember to turn the volume down.
Posted by Delphi 2007-10-25 14:04||   2007-10-25 14:04|| Front Page Top

#24 It needs a rocket engine in the tail, to increase its kinetic velocity. Raise it up to about 2,000 KMH just before impact. Harden the nose with titanium, let it burrow in. Put a second fuse in the tail with a timer, just to make sure it goes off, no matter what. Watch Ahmahdinnerjacket join the 12th Imam in that well...
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2007-10-25 14:53|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2007-10-25 14:53|| Front Page Top

#25 what are the chances this was deliberately leaked to make everybody (in Teheran, in Moscow, etc) think harder?

I hope that's the case.
Posted by Mike 2007-10-25 15:24||   2007-10-25 15:24|| Front Page Top

#26 Drop it from fucking orbit...it's the only way to be sure. Plenty o' kinetic energy that way.
Posted by AllahHateMe 2007-10-25 16:08||   2007-10-25 16:08|| Front Page Top

#27 "Back of the napkin" calculations suggest it would probably be made of DU to be that heavy and still conform to those dimensions. 5300 pounds of explosives and a guidance system would take up a lot of volume.
Posted by Canukistan 2007-10-25 16:26||   2007-10-25 16:26|| Front Page Top

#28 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_bomb

+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jdam

= Urgent operational need fulfilled.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2007-10-25 17:55||   2007-10-25 17:55|| Front Page Top

#29 
p0rn alert

Off Loading of MOP
Inside Tunnel MOP
Tunnel Complex
MOP Fact Sheet

there's lots more interesting stuff out there, bring sum back with you..

*one amusing part of this whole rock penetration story are the numbers of studies and papers by University physicist/experts who have put down actual numbers [depths] of rock, types of concrete, soil etc. that couldn't be penetrated due to the limits of Physics.

Funny thing is most if not all of the different NO-GO limits have been blown passed as in surpassed by the US Defense engineers, scientist and machinists! LOL!
Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg  2007-10-25 19:39||   2007-10-25 19:39|| Front Page Top

#30 TOPIX/REDDIT > WHY DOES THE US NEED BUNKER BOMBS? article and similar. * ION, FLIGHTGLOBAL.com > CHINA'S NEW DARK SWORD UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE PROGRAMME RAISES SOME QUESTIONS. Design specs and early protos pointing at possible future STEALTHY AIR-SUPERIORITY/COMBAT UNMANNED DRONE??? PLAAF going all-out for the UAV gusto!?
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-25 20:35||   2007-10-25 20:35|| Front Page Top

#31 It needs a rocket engine in the tail, to increase its kinetic velocity. Raise it up to about 2,000 KMH just before impact. Harden the nose with titanium, let it burrow in. Put a second fuse in the tail with a timer, just to make sure it goes off, no matter what.

Word, OP. Our new hyper-sonic missile technology needs to be directed towards making final-stage vehicle munition deliveries arrive at insanely high velocities. We can do it. Recent advances in ablative shields and high-strength alloys should overcome a majority of issues.

The only other alternative is using precision guided selectable-yield nuclear devices and those should ALWAYS be reserved for Response In Kind and not first use. Fortunately, America has the scientific and technological resources to overcome such puny obstacles that otherwise confound the majority of our enemies.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-10-25 20:53||   2007-10-25 20:53|| Front Page Top

#32 I hope this doesn't mean we can't jury rig some sort of deep bunker buster plus delivery system if we need it sooner. It makes me uncomfortable to think we can't do anything about Iran before this thing is built.
Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife  2007-10-25 22:31||   2007-10-25 22:31|| Front Page Top

#33 We can most likely do it, tw. It's just that hyper-velocity delivery vehicles can produce such incredibly more spectacular results. America can defeat its enemies on so many different levels at the same time that it almost becomes ridiculous save only for the opposition we face from sub-morons who refuse to accept our greatness. They do this with such undaunted determination whereby it seems most likely that honest citizens will need to subdue them by lethal force.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-10-25 23:00||   2007-10-25 23:00|| Front Page Top

#34 YNET OP-ED > ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO ATTACK IRAN. Time is running out on the Iranian Bomb issue, and Israel can't afford to completely place its survival in the hands of diplomacy. Israel must prepare to act and stand alone.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-25 23:41||   2007-10-25 23:41|| Front Page Top

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