On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:22:41 -0700 (PDT), Cormagh
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>On Jul 20, 3:54Â am, Gunner Asch
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>> wrote:
>>>>>"By mid-2004 the Natanz centrifuge facility was
>>>hardened with a roof of several meters of reinforced concrete and
>>>buried under a layer of earth some 75 feet deep."
>>
>> he Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) bomb is designed to penetrate hardened
>> targets before exploding, capable of penetrating 100 feet of earth or
>> 20 feet of concrete. The GBU-28 was initially developed in 1991 for
>> penetrating hardened Iraqi command centers located deep underground.
>> This "bunker buster" was required for special targets during the
>> Desert Storm conflict and was designed, fabricated and loaded in
>> record time. The GBU-28 is a laser-guided conventional munition that
>> uses a modified Army artillery tube as the bomb body. They are fitted
>> with GBU-27 LGB kits, 14.5 inches in diameter and almost 19 feet long.
>> The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the
>> munition guides to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target.
>>
>>
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/blu-122.htm
>>
>>
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/gbu-28e.htm
>>
>> he new EGBU-28 (the “E” being for enhanced) replaces the GBU-37. This
>> latest version of the “bunker buster” uses the Global Positioning
>> System for guidance so that it can be dropped with accuracy at higher
>> altitudes in foul weather. The amount of rock and concrete that the
>> EGBU-28 can penetrate is classified, but Major Dick Wright, who was
>> the weapon’s test manager in 1991, said that the older version “went
>> through 20 feet of concrete like butter” and when dropped onto hard
>> ground, penetrated down to 100 feet.
>>
>>>What is most wrong about your "sit back and watch" logic is that Iran
>>>has promised to retaliate against attacks. This means that while we
>>>may be somewhat safe from their threats because of our geography,
>>>those friends of ours who are not will not be so happy about your
>>>happy-go-lucky aggression.
>>
>> What are they gonna do..send more IEDs to Iraq?
>
>That would be awful. I'm not so sure they sent any IED's, since our
>military won't produce any convincing evidence that they have, and
>Iran hasn't admitted it.
Actually..they have, and paraded the Iranian "advisors" that have been
captured.
>My point is that there is no proof that our
>weapons, such as the EGBU-28 would even be 100%% effective, then there
>comes the whole issue of whether a "surgical strike" is really worth a
>war. "In a war, the other side gets a vote."
Not if they are dead.
>
>> Gunner
>>
>> The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality",
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â John F. Kennedy.
"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their
methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group, they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and
complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the competing factions of Islamic
fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join
forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core, and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr
