[Red Badger]

It's on Debka, so it must be true!.............

[TexasCajun]

From the article. ...this is a bunker buster?

[NinoFan]

Israel? Sure, let them buy 'em. Saudi Arabia? Hell no.

[Lurking in Kansas]

DEBKA...

The problem about DEBKA is separating the BS from the truth. And only about 25% of their stuff is true.

[GATOR NAVY]

What platform do these guys have to deliver this?

[Plutarch]

Even though it is at DEBKA, it makes sense.

If we could get some of the local mice the means by which to bell the cat, so much the better.

[demlosers]

Specifications
Weight, total	13,600 kg [30,000 lb]
Weight, explosive	2,700 kg [6,000 lb]
Length	6 m [20 feet]
Diameter	??
Control	short-span wings and trellis-type tail
Penetration	60 meters [200 feet] through 5,000 psi reinforced concrete 40 meters [125 feet] through moderately hard rock 8 meters [25 feet] through 10,000 psi reinforced concrete
Contractors	Boeing, Northrop Grumman
Sponsors	Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Platforms	B-52, B-2
Guidance	GPS aided INS
Schedule	2005 - Refine MOP concept and begin detailed weapon development and testing 2005 - statically emplaced Proof-of Principle test of payload effectiveness 2006 - static lethality demonstration against hard and deeply buried targets 2006 - scaled penetration and lethality testing 2007 - Conduct Massive Ordnance Penetrator Demonstration 2007 - full-scale performance demonstration against realistic hard and deeply buried targets

[Condor51]

DEBKAfile reports: Bush is expected to offer the mighty BIG-BLU bunker buster bomb to Israel and Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia

How does one get a job at DEBKA? Do you just need a perpetual supply of tin foil or do you have to be certifiably N-U-T-S?

[Elsie]

DEBKAfile’s military sources note that this bomb in Saudi hands will also serve the oil kingdom as a deterrent against Israel’s atomic weapons program.

They better get the right target with the FIRST one, or else SA will GLOW for a LONG time!