Posted on 07/19/2006 2:29:17 PM PDT by varyouga
Just saw on CNN that 23 tons of explosives were dropped on a Hezbollah bunker. Top Hezbollah officials are believed to have been inside.
No story on the website yet.
'23 tons is a LOT of F-16 sorties'
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If it was a war, would our treaties with Israel kick in and we would necessarily have to participate?
You get big points for not putting that caption. We KNOW! :)
'Wouldn't one of those mini-nukes be cheaper and easier to deliver than 43,000 pounds of bombs?
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No.
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Dick Parsons runs Time Warner....since he took over he has lost more money then CEO in the history of mankind. His office suite reportedly cost shareholders 50 million dollars.
The guy couldn't make a profit in a car wash.
Really? With what armament?
Beautiful!
Most explosives that can be encased as an aerial bomb run anywhere from 500 to 2,000 pounds, Pantera.
The bombs must be carried under wing or inside bomb bays, which burns up the aircraft's fuel load.
Since the IAF doesn't have Heavy Bombers or Tankers, my guess is either a concerted fighter strike, a missile or Multiple Rocket strike. Or the IAF has some Tomahawks and/or MOABs they're not talking about.
Jack.
""In a message broadcast by the organization on its al-Manar television station, Hizbullah said: “The enemy is trying to cover its military and security failures by lies and inventing accomplishments. The building that was hit was a mosque that was under construction.""
I believe that. They would put a mosque on top of a bunker.
Haven't seen Nasrallah now in three days.
IDF official: Dozens of planes participated in bunker-buster strike in Beirut
IDF officials told Ynet that dozens of Air Force fighter jets participated in the massive air strike on a south Beirut target, acting on IDF intelligence.
According to the officials, the building itself was completely destroyed and the IDF was checking the results of the strike – whether the senior Hizbullah officials Israel was targeting were actually at the scene. Additionally, a senior IDF officer said that Israeli intelligence had significantly infiltrated Hizbullah.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3278665,00.html
GBU-37 2000# JDAM @ 2/per
Thats my line ;)
"Here's what one 500# bomb can do: (warning Bush type language)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41V1ebuJi1c&search=bombs
Dannnggggggg, that was just one, imagine 23.
I like Tony Snow - LOVE him - but I still say it is a war.
The White House then said it was part of the WAR on Terror. heh
Cement filled bombs of the Mk series are just dimensionally correct 'blue' brothers of their green brethren. Their blue color means they are inert with no HE filler. They fly just like the rest of them. Zarqawi ate a pair of regular green 82s. There is no other way to account for the destruction on site without HE. The blues have been used to destroy vehicles close to buildings, with the kinetic effect.
Gotta like guys who love their work.
"I hope they are lying."
Odds are highly favorable.
If this was one of the German-engineered hardened bunkers, 23 tons might not do the job. The Israelis really do need some bunkerbusters, and I'll bet if they ask real nice, we might loan them a couple.
IAF ATTEMPTS TO ASSASINATE HIZBULLAH LEADERSHIP
IAF fighter jets dropped over 20 tons in bombs late Wednesday night on a Hizbullah bunker, possibly the hiding place of the group's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, in the Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp in southeast Beirut. It was still unclear who was in the bunker at the time and what their fate was, but IDF sources said the bunker was totally destroyed and that all that was left was a crater.
The IDF obtained intelligence information late Wednesday night that Hizbullah leaders possibly including Nasrallah had taken refuge inside the bunker. A wave of aircraft immediately took to the air and dropped 23 tons of explosives on the bunker.
IDF sources would not confirm that Nasrallah was in the bunker at the time, but said that high-ranking Hizbullah leaders were inside, and that it appeared that the attack was successful.
Hizbullah has said none of its "leaders or members" died in the IAF strike.
"The truth is that the building targeted by the enemy warplanes with 23 tons of explosives is just a building under construction to be a mosque for prayers," said the statement, issued on the group's Al-Manar TV and faxed to The Associated Press.
"It seems that the enemy wants to cover up its military and security failures with lies and claims of imaginary achievements," it said.
The IDF said the strike occurred between 8 and 9 pm but refused to give further details. Reporters in Beirut said they heard a huge explosion around 8:30 p.m.
Hizbullah has a headquarters compound in Bourj al-Barajneh that is off limits to the Lebanese police and army, so security officials could not confirm the strike.
Since the IDF went to war with Lebanon last Wednesday, fighter jets have repeatedly bombed another bunker in the Dahiya neighborhood in Beirut, also said to be the main nerve center and headquarters of Hizbullah.
The IAF has so far carried over 3,000 sorties over Lebanon, and in the past day attacked 200 targets throughout the country, including Hizbullah headquarters, cars carrying terrorists, Katyusha launchers and weapons warehouses.
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