[alnick]

I heard Fox report four 2,000 pound bombs.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the update on the size of the bombs by Fox. There was an article in this morning's Daily Oklahoman that the bunker buster 2000 pound bombs, GBU-31, pentrating bombs were made in McAlester, Oklahoma. The spokesman for the Army Ammunition plant said:

"We're the premier bombmakers for the Department Defense. If it falls off a plan, it is made by us."

Steel shell casing for the bunker busters are made in Garland, Texas, and fitted onto the bombs at McCalester.

"We only make the parts that go boom," Hughes said.

Other parts are added to the bombs, such as fins and triggers, before each is loaded onto an aircraft.

From page 5A, The Daily Oklahoman, 8 April 2003.