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US Making More Powerful Bomb to Hit Underground Facilities
Topic: Iran's nuclear program
The Pentagon
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Pentagon is stepping up efforts to make a bomb capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday referring to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.
“The 30,000-pound [13,600 kilograms] "bunker-buster" bomb, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), was specifically designed to take out the hardened fortifications built by Iran and North Korea to cloak their nuclear programs,” the daily said.
But initial tests indicated that the bomb, as currently configured, would not be capable of destroying some of Iran's facilities, either because of their depth or because Tehran has added new fortifications to protect them, the paper noted.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said more development work would be done and that he expected the bomb to be ready to take on the deepest bunkers soon. "We're still trying to develop them," Mr. Panetta said.
U.S. Officials say new money was meant to ensure the weapon would be more effective against the deepest bunkers, including Iran's Fordow enrichment plant facility.
Fordow is buried in a mountain complex in Iran surrounded by antiaircraft batteries, which makes it a very difficult target for air strikes.
In early January, Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy
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Organization (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi said Frodow is safe from any kinds of threat by the enemies.
Tehran said it began the project in 2007, but the IAEA believes design work started in 2006.
The existence of the facility only came to light after it was identified by Western intelligence agencies in September 2009.
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- arnoldvinette@yahoo.comAre there rules for military engagement?14:40, 28/01/2012Interesting and not surprising. Why not use a nuclear bomb? Unless using nuclear weapons is not permitted.
Recently I saw an interesting UFO documentary called "Out of the Blue" directed by James Fox for the SciFi Channel.
In the 1950's / 1960's a UFO appeared at a US missile range and deactivated 20 nuclear warheads.
How the missiles were deactivated was a mystery.
So there may be rules with regards what the United States can do militarily to attack Iran.
Arnold Vinette
Ottawa, Canada
Out of the Blue – UFO Documentary – Full 1:28:56 hrs
Director – James Fox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBRX2OwnfY8&feature=g-vrec&context=G27a522aRVAAAAAAAAAg - PutinBig Blue Newesst Bunker Busting Bombs are Nukes!19:24, 28/01/2012US Air Force took delivery not to long ago of "new BBB nukes" made to specs.. Air Force 'assumes' are able to drill down miles into cement and steel far enough to destroy anything Iran has. US granted Israel new BBB's request, US put forward based BBB in Australia S.K, Japan [made them change their laws to do so} In talks to put BBB in Philippians too! Nukes implode, then belch tons of clouds full of top soil to surface full of radioactive nuclear waste for as far as the eye can see..Land and water unusable. No one know for how long.US doesn't include negative impact of their armaments as NO one holds them accountable. At least not so far. Iran land mass will look like huge moon craters for miles and miles.-- Most birth will have massive, life threatening, mental and physical challenges -- defects. Many will die at birth from mother contaminated from water and soil, internal traumas or defeats will be the outcome. US Iraq "shock and Awl" war-crimes put tons of depleted uranium from US weapons in the air and earth..Purposely used to destroy their land, water. and healthy male population.-- Similar to what Israel do to Palestinians 2008-9 Israelis used "extensively - White Phosphorous" burns the skin for hours will not extinguish creats maxium pain, suffering and most of the time death..Israelis always use 'overwhelming" US provided military power after "false flag" pretext. They bomb "a" as in one "suspect" bomb-maker using tank shells and jet fighters with an "s" as "retaliation" killing generally dozens..Collateral Israeli and US never say people.. Only the retaliation gets coverage in US worldwide media labele Palestinians as "provocateurs". or Congress 99.9 percent bigots whine and threaten the Palestinians. Israel used US chemicals,weapons that on contact will burn a human or anything for hours. Can not put out as a "Pearls of Wisdom" look it up Isrealis are prolific on the sites,"subject - "How to use the most pain on Palestinians as a "lessons learned" and as a"determinant to live males, babies or children." US, Isreali White Phosphorous anyone?
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