Pentagon Upgrades Its Bunker-busting Bombs With An Eye On Iran apos;s Nuclear Facilities

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Pentagon upgrades its bunker-busting bombs with an eye on Iran's nuclear facilities By [/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter Daily Mail Reporter] Published: 06:54 BST, 4 May 2013 | Updated: 06:54 BST, 4 May 2013 [ ] [ ] [ ] </a> [/news/article-2319335/Pentagon-upgrades-bunker-busting-bombs-eye-Irans-nuclear-facilities.html#comments 12 View comments ] Iran's underground nuclear facilities were once seen as an impenetrable target, but the Pentagon has now [http://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=upgraded upgraded] its biggest bunker-busting bomb with the sole purpose of taking those facilities off the map. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator is a whopping 30,000 pounds, nearly a third bigger than the MOAB, or 'Mother of all Bombs.' 'Hopefully we never have to use it,' said an anonymous U.S. official familiar with the project. 'But if we had to, it would work.' The conventional 30,000-pound penetrating bomb is designed to defeat deeply buried targets such as bunker and tunnel facilitie [ Fox News] reports that the U.S. believes such a weapon is critical to showing Israel the country is capable of stopping Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, something the Israeli military would be hard-pressed to do on their own. Footage of an early version of the bomb taking out a target have already been shown to Israeli military and civilian leaders. RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-2319283/Air-India-Airline-suspends-pilots-left-Airbus-carrying-166-passengers-autopilot-slept-business-class.html Airline suspends pilots after they 'left Airbus carrying 166... ] [/sciencetech/article-2319331/Air-Forces-hypersonic-plane-finally-works-flies-times-speed-sound-minutes.html Air Force's hypersonic plane finally works as it flies five... ] Share this article Share The weapon penetrates the surface within inches of the target, then detonates underground. The newest version has upgraded burrowing capabilities and new guidance systems to ensure it can evade Iranian air defenses. Iran's Fordow Uranium Enrichment Facility is located beneath a moutain near the city of Qom. In January 2012, U.S. officials worried their largest bomb was incapable of penetrating the bunker. The new MOP, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-le-hoi-yen-tu-chua-ba-vang-quang-ninh-du-lich-yen-tu-tu-ha-noi.html yên tử] designed by Boeing, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-le-hoi-yen-tu-chua-ba-vang-quang-ninh-du-lich-yen-tu-tu-ha-noi.html kynghidongduong.vn] carries more than 5,3000 pounds of explosives and measures 20 feet long. Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby denied the bomb was [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=designed,creativecommons designed] with only Iran in mind It has, however, yet to be dropped from a plane in a test. '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,' said Pentagon Spokesman Capt. John Kirby. Though Iran is the only country known to have a nuclear weapons program underground, Kirby denied the bombs had been built specifically to target that country. 'The system is not aimed at any one country, it's to develop a capability we believe we need,' he said, to audible groans of disbelief from the Pentagon press corps. Boeing is contracted to built a total of 20 bombs. data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: [ Bunker-busting behemoth: Pentagon upgrades bomb with Iranian nukes in mind] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );

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