Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 10/08/2009 4:41:38 PM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2009 – The Defense Department is developing an advanced “bunker-buster” bomb that should be ready for deployment this summer, senior Pentagon officials said.
The department has been “working on technology that allows us to get at deeply buried, hardened targets” since 2004, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters here today.
Development of the bomb has taken longer than originally envisioned because of variables in the budget process, Whitman said, adding that it is now back “on track.”
Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell yesterday told reporters that the department is developing a massive penetrator bomb designed to pulverize underground facilities that may store weapons of mass destruction and related systems.
At a hefty 30,000 pounds, the new penetrator bomb weighs almost 4 tons more than the U.S. military’s former heavyweight champion, the nearly 22,000-pound massive ordnance air blast conventional bomb, known by the acronym MOAB.
The massive penetrator bomb will be in a class by itself and represents a unique capability, Whitman said.
“We don’t have any other 30,000-pound bombs,” he said.
The late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had used underground facilities to hide and protect some of his military technology, Whitman pointed out to reporters today. Some other countries, he said, have emulated this technique.
The existence of hardened, underground military facilities “is not a new phenomena, but it is a growing one,” Whitman said.
Therefore, he said, the department decided to develop a new penetrator bomb, which should be ready by next summer.
Although there was no “urgent” reason to develop the new bomb, defense planners recognized the need to obtain it, Whitman said.
Such a weapon is “an important capability to have,” he said.
i thought it would say kumbaya and listen for an answer before deciding whether to go boom
Iran?
Could be....
Sounds like a blockbuster of a movie. I can't wait and Want to see a preview!
my thoughts exactly. Too bad we have a she male in the oval office.
...They could call this on the Obooma, he’ll be using it on those pesky rallies and tea parties that don’t agree with his socialist takeover...
Don’t worry about the inappropriate publicity. It won’t be long before Obama scraps the program and gives the remainders to Chavez.
...neaneanea, mines better...
...BTW, what’s the problem with R. Paul? Other than the SOS spewed on FR...
The ‘Rods from God’ concept was used in the video game ‘EndWar’, of which Tom Clancy’s name is unfortunately on it. I say that because the game is terrible.
They finally said yes when they realized they were within range of the Iranian atom bombs.
Just one darned thing after another. BTW, denazification in Sicily was not all that thorough after WWII and we will continue to pay for that mistake for many centuries.
Barnes-Wallis invented this back in WWII. Too bad we have not kept these in the inventory. Ever since the MAD doctrine was developed we have know that we could not use tactical nukes for really hardened targets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_quake_bomb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_bomb
Deja-Freep: The feeling that you have seen this article posted here at Free Republic at least 100 times already....
What difference does it make? With the current Muslim Chieftan in charge, our enemies will have all of our technology and weapons info anyway. They’ll probably see it before we do.
Remember how Clnturd sold our LR missle tech to China for cash donations?
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