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Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn't yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful, according to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.
The 30,000-pound "bunker-buster" bomb, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, was specifically designed to take out the hardened fortifications built by Iran and North Korea to cloak their nuclear programs.
But initial tests indicated that the bomb, as currently configured, wouldn't be capable of destroying some of Iran's facilities, either because of their depth or because Tehran has added new fortifications to protect them.
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Update #1: US seeks more powerful bomb to combat Iran's underground facilities -- FOX News
Update #2: US incapable of destroying some Iran nuke facilities -- Jerusalem Post
My Comment: Considering how deep Iran's bunkers are .... the Pentagon will definitely need a more powerful bomb.
I am really disappointed that the biggest conventional bomb has only like 5,300lbs of explosive material (with the rest the shell and hardened material to get it through)... comon guys.. you can do better than that!
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