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Pentagon Receives Massive Bunker-Busting Bombs, Denies Targeting Iran
FoxNews.com ^ | 11/16/11 | Justin Fishel

Posted on 11/16/2011 9:29:19 PM PST by ColdOne

Pentagon officials are speaking publicly about the military's new 30,000-pound massive ordnance penetrator, or MOP, known now as the biggest "bunker-busting bomb" in the world.

The Air Force has already received an undisclosed number of these bombs from Boeing, all designed to fit exclusively with the B-2 and B-52 bombers.

"It gives us a far greater capability to reach and destroy an enemy's weapons of mass destruction that are located in well protected underground facilities... to a magnitude far greater than we have now," Pentagon Spokesman Capt. John Kirby said at a briefing Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bomb; iran; oil; prices
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To: bruinbirdman

Deep.

21 posted on 11/16/2011 11:08:24 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (This tagline has been suspended or banned.)
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To: bill1952

“childlike portents & battlefield assessments”

Q: Are there anti-American Hezbollah terrorist Sleeper Cells in America? http://wiki.islamiccounterterrorism.org/article/Hezbollah_Sleeper_Terror_Cells_Questions_and_Answers


22 posted on 11/16/2011 11:34:51 PM PST by garjog
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To: ColdOne

If Iran was the target, why would you think they would admit it beforehand?


23 posted on 11/16/2011 11:54:21 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: unkus

If that’s what it takes to win re-election, he will do it.


24 posted on 11/17/2011 12:25:21 AM PST by Nextrush (President Sarah Palin sounds just right to me)
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To: ColdOne
How many will fit in a B2.My guesss would be 4.Am I right?

25 posted on 11/17/2011 12:44:03 AM PST by cavador ("Self determination is not a malfunction"!(Harkness;Fallout 3 Rivet City 2077))
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To: USNBandit
It is worth noting that this is basically a reprise and update of what Barnes Wallis was doing in WWII. The more things change . . .

Tallboy

Grand Slam


26 posted on 11/17/2011 12:52:55 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: unkus

I would be just as afraid that Zero, the SOB, would bomb a cluster of red states just to make a point.


27 posted on 11/17/2011 2:51:54 AM PST by bytesmith
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To: ColdOne

If not Iran, who then? North Korea? Pakistan? Not many other nations with huge bunkers deal with.


28 posted on 11/17/2011 3:11:17 AM PST by StolarStorm
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To: bruinbirdman

I need one of those! As long as it goes about 8500 ft deep I can drill and perforate all in one shot.


29 posted on 11/17/2011 3:17:04 AM PST by Dusty Road
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To: bill1952

Your calm reassessment of the Iranian war scenario is most welcome.

Why do we ascribe superhuman competence to Mohammedans and assume that a fierce-looking missile on a transporter in a Death-to-America-Day parade is going to hit its target 100% of the time?

Enhanced suicide warfare is what they’re really good at.


30 posted on 11/17/2011 3:33:01 AM PST by elcid1970 ("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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To: FreedomPoster
Those are nice, but this whole thing bores me.

I'm a W88 kinda guy.
31 posted on 11/17/2011 4:24:12 AM PST by BikerJoe
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To: unkus

correct

War = reelection

however, being re elected and being inaugurated for a second term are two different events


32 posted on 11/17/2011 4:26:42 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: ColdOne

No, Iran’s not the target; the various US tea party organizations are.


33 posted on 11/17/2011 4:28:20 AM PST by Oceander (TINSTAAFL - Mother Nature Abhors a Free Lunch almost as much as She Abhors a Vacuum)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Raise your hand if you think that he’d bomb Iran.

Hand raised. Iran is Muslim, but 1. they're Persians who have been a big PITA to Arab Muslims, 2. they want to run the whole dar al islam show, 3. Barry will screw over a minority if it will get him the support of the majority (after all, Mecca is in Saudi Arabia).
34 posted on 11/17/2011 4:47:11 AM PST by aruanan
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To: ColdOne

Iran is not the target as long as a muzzie occupies the WH. I’d be more likely to suspect Israel is the target.


35 posted on 11/17/2011 7:39:52 AM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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To: bill1952

“>Middle East breaks Out in War.
Iran attempt to hit Tel Aviv thwarted by sophisticated missile defense rings, Israel Hits Terran.
Prague, Czech Republic target of suicide bombers.
US Bases in Germany targeted by Iranian Missiles, no casualties.
Freeway Terror Snipers kill 3 people Across America.
Oil Tankers damaged in Persian Gulf. Iranian sites wiped out”

You rephrase my headlines based on what would probably be the case, instead of my suggestion of worst cases.

My larger point is that Obama might think he would benefit from a big, awful war with lots of dead people. “Time to rally around the Commander in Chief people!”


36 posted on 11/17/2011 9:28:27 AM PST by garjog
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