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China began construction of its 40 or so hidden bases in the 1950s and though some have fallen out of military use and are open the public as museums, many are harboring China's newest air fleet.
Coming at the bunkers with bombs aimed at "the front door" likely won't do much to take structures like this out.
China Has More Than 40 Of These Underground Air Bases And They're Nearly Impossible To Destroy
The Germans were the first to bring their military underground during World War II. In response, the British were the first to experiment with "Earthquake Bombs"
The most powerful Earthquake Bomb right now is the 33K pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator by Boeing
The problem with bunker buster bomb delivery is that any good bunker will have a highly reinforced outer lip to detonate the bomb before it penetrates too far into the rock
A "conventional" hit will strike the bunker from the top or the sides hoping to collapse it from the point of entry
Because of the way the bunkers are built, the energy from a traditional strike will be absorbed by the roof and the excess load will spill from the sides into the surrounding rock
The "Wallis" approach is actually what's recommended to take out bunkers like this. The bomb falls away from the structure into the softer ground and shakes the entire area.
The shock waves would likely buckle the floor and skew the tensile load, buckling the ceiling as well
Coming at the bunkers with bombs aimed at "the front door" likely won't do much to take structures like this out.
China Has More Than 40 Of These Underground Air Bases And They're Nearly Impossible To Destroy
The Germans were the first to bring their military underground during World War II. In response, the British were the first to experiment with "Earthquake Bombs"
The most powerful Earthquake Bomb right now is the 33K pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator by Boeing
The problem with bunker buster bomb delivery is that any good bunker will have a highly reinforced outer lip to detonate the bomb before it penetrates too far into the rock
A "conventional" hit will strike the bunker from the top or the sides hoping to collapse it from the point of entry
Because of the way the bunkers are built, the energy from a traditional strike will be absorbed by the roof and the excess load will spill from the sides into the surrounding rock
The "Wallis" approach is actually what's recommended to take out bunkers like this. The bomb falls away from the structure into the softer ground and shakes the entire area.
The shock waves would likely buckle the floor and skew the tensile load, buckling the ceiling as well