[Colorado Doug]

i HAVE A QUESTION. wHY DIDN'T WE HIT THE SITE AGAIN IMMEDIATELY?

We did. We hit it again and again and again. It' my understanding that we hit it with cruise missles first and then with 2 or 3 bunker busters. We SLAMMED IT!

[Quix]

So--can anyone tell me how deeply into the ground that would pulverize through how many floors of concrete etc?

[Dave S]

We did. We hit it again and again and again. It' my understanding that we hit it with cruise missles first and then with 2 or 3 bunker busters. We SLAMMED IT!

Its my understanding that we hit that one target with something like three DOZEN cruise missles and other munitions over a ten minute period. No wonder Saddam, if that was him, didnt look like he knew who he was last night.

[MJY1288]

From what I understand about "Bunker Busters" is that they are designed to detonate once they reach a cavity under the ground. The cruise missile levels the building and the bunker buster comes in behind it and borroughs itself into the ground until it reaches the bunker cavity and blows up.

If a bunker buster was to hit a 2 or three floor building or a home, it would blow up after penetrating the first cavity it finds, unfortunately, that would be the next level down. I am no weapons expert by any means, But I would guess that the fuse on a bunker buster is activated when it makes contact with the ground and compresses, it detonates when it reaches a cavity and de-compresses. Therefore it would serve its purpose when having to pnetrate several levels of a building.

I am no expert on these types of weapons, but considering the way I have seen them used in the past, I would bet I'm close on how they work.

I hope someone is out there that can do a more informed explanation than I did on how they function. I'm relying on memory that's not all that clear :-)