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Pentagon Asking Congress To Sell Israel 1,725 Bunker Busters
The Jewish Press ^
| December 11, 2012
| By Yori Yanover
Posted on 12/12/2012 7:53:18 AM PST by Fennie
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress that it intends to sell Israel some 6,900 tail kits which can turn "dumb" bombs into satellite-guided "smart bombs," including bombs capable of penetrating hardened targets, Bloomberg Business Week reported.
Some of the hardened targets one would immediately think about are those underground nuclear plants the Iranian government has been so chatty about this past decade or so.
According to BBW, the sale will includes 1,725 all-weather satellite-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM tail kits with BLU-109 bombs, which are 2,000-pound, hard-target penetrators.
Bombs delivered this way are among the most precise weapons in the U.S. and Israeli arsenal. They can be dropped by F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 112th; bhomiddleeast; bunkerbusters; foreignaid; gaza; iran; israel; lebanon; obama; pentagon; waronterror
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To: TChris
NO...my post #9 say's back in the 60's smart bombs were know as "paveways" laser guided MK84'S I SAID....DUMB BOMBS WERE MK-84 2000LB'ers
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12/12/2012 1:30:31 PM PST
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Doogle
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To: TChris
It was Doogle who claimed that the BLU-109 is the same as the MK-84.show me where I CLAIMED that?
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12/12/2012 1:34:47 PM PST
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Doogle
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To: TChris
It was Doogle who claimed that the BLU-109 is the same as the MK-84.show me where I CLAIMED that?
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12/12/2012 1:36:14 PM PST
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Doogle
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To: Hulka
Reporters always take short cuts in order to save print and time. The targets generate the munitions which generate the type of nomenclature, or type of bomb used. GP bombs (dumb) get smart only after the gadgets get attached....add ons.
The bunker busting type are different right from the start.
The reporter, as you stated, is LOST.
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To: Doogle
NO...my post #9 say's back in the 60's smart bombs were know as "paveways" laser guided MK84'S I SAID....DUMB BOMBS WERE MK-84 2000LB'ers You said "in the late 60's they were known as..." Since everything in the article is about the BLU-109, it looks like "they" in your sentence refers to a BLU-109. If "they" in your sentence didn't refer to the BLU-109, it sure fooled me.
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Thanks Fennie.
...some 6,900 tail kits which can turn "dumb" bombs into satellite-guided "smart bombs," including bombs capable of penetrating hardened targets...
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