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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

U.S. fast-tracks new bunker-buster bomb

GBU-57A/BAmid continuing tension over political upheaval in Iran, the U.S. Defense Department says it wants to accelerate production of a 30,000-pound "ultra-large bunker-buster" bomb designed to destroy deeply buried installations.

The Pentagon has requested Congress to provide the necessary funding to ensure that the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a next-generation bomb known as MOP and built by Boeing, would be ready by July 2010, spokesman Bryan Whitman said on Aug. 3.

The non-nuclear weapon will be the biggest conventional bomb the United States has ever deployed.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete23/8/09 16:23

    This weapon has been discussed for years. I think such discussion by the US is merely to make Iran more nervous and conciliatory.

    Pete

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