30,000-pound bunker-buster 'superbomb'

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Pentagon's 30,000-pound bunker-buster 'superbomb' ready for use — RT

The biggest conventional bomb ever developed is ready to wreak destruction upon the enemies of the US. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said its record-breaking bunker-buster has become operational after years of testing.

-"If it needed to go today, we would be ready to do that," said Donley. "We continue to do testing on the bomb to refine its capabilities, and that is ongoing. We also have the capability to go with existing configuration today."

The Pentagon has spent $330 million to develop and deliver more than 20 of the precision-guided Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-busters, which are designed to blast through up to 200 feet of concrete.

Although there has previously been a bigger nuclear device, the new conventional rocket is six times the weight of the previous bunker-buster used by the US Air Force, and carries an explosive payload of 5,300 pounds.

US military chiefs openly admitted the weapon was built to attack the fortified nuclear facilities of "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea. Although the Pentagon insists that it is not aimed at a specific threat, unnamed officials within the ministry have repeatedly claimed the bomb is being tailor-made to disable Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, or at least to intimidate Tehran.
 

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US military chiefs openly admitted the weapon was built to attack the fortified nuclear facilities of "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.
isnt porkistan also a rouge state
 

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isnt porkistan also a rouge state
Pak is not rogue state, its an "Ally"... an ally which US can attack by drones each day or raid by using attack copters and kill in dozens or simply hire the Pak army and kill Paki terrorists.
 

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IMO it has been developed for Chinese underground stations and bunkers, rogue states are merely excuses!
 

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Another feather in the cap. Americans seem to have plenty of military options. Well technically atleast.
But can it destroy deep nuclear facilities beneath the moutains? I only see flip flop speculation in the article. There isn't a lot of confidence on non nuclear options to take out such facilities.

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But such bombs like dazzy cutters etc were not very effective in Tora Bora ! Ultimately it is share physical assault that may carry the day.

And it is difficult to take out the nuclear rat holes even with a nuclear weapon. In fact, such below the mountain holes are made by China and Pakies with the sole idea of survivability.

Physical destruction by the SF is one of the ways out for such rat holes.
 
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