US Tests Iran “Bunker Buster” Bomb…So What? -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
The U.S. tested its new Iran “bunker buster” bomb for the first time last year, Israeli media reported this week, citing officials who were briefed by their American counterparts on the test.
According to media reports, last year the U.S. conducted the first test of its newly minted GBU-57B massive ordnance penetrator against a nuclear facility replica. The Jerusalem Post reported that the replica “cost millions of dollars to build, was made of concrete and buried under dozens of feet of dirt and rocks.” The MOP successful destroyed the nuclear facility.
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My Comment: As a weapon .... the GBU-57 is probably very effective. But Iran's nuclear program is a problem that needs a diplomatic/political solution .... not a military one. Unfortunately .... the Iranians are not interested in a diplomatic and political solution, and the international community is not interested in applying the necessary sanctions against them. Hence .... we are at a stalemate while Iran continues with it's nuclear program.
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