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To: varyouga
It's a start, but 23 tons, coming as a bunch of bombs, isn't all that much. If you told me 23,000 tons, or even 230 tons, then I'd say you had a pretty good chance of a kill.

The guys who design these bunkers know what they're doing - some of Saddams were designed to take a direct hit from a nuke, say 250 kt or so - and I'm sure the same engineers doing the Iranian and/or Syrian underground complexes designed and built these. Now, if the German engineers gave the Israelis the plans, maybe they knew where to drop the bombs.... But seriously, 23 2,000 lb bombs only seems like a lot to a layman. Really hard targets take much more pounding.

237 posted on 07/19/2006 3:29:32 PM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: CatoRenasci

Uh oh. Shep's on Fox News now. Reporting on this hit. Says the bunker is 100 feet deep, constructed by Iranians, had multiple exits. No idea yet whether senior Hezbollah leadership were inside.


241 posted on 07/19/2006 3:31:19 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
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To: CatoRenasci
Shep on again.......... bunker 100 feet deep.......... won't make much difference in the next few hours.

Israel rules.

242 posted on 07/19/2006 3:31:38 PM PDT by beyond the sea (The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
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To: CatoRenasci
It's a start, but 23 tons, coming as a bunch of bombs, isn't all that much.

But if they came one at a time onto the same aim point, they could very well dig down 100 feet.

405 posted on 07/19/2006 10:36:52 PM PDT by El Gato
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