Bomb Iran? U.S. Requests Bunker-Buster Bombs
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 Tucked inside the White House's $196 billion emergency funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The item: $88 million to modify B-2 stealth bombers so they can carry a newly developed 30,000-pound bomb called the massive ordnance penetrator, or,
in military-speak, the MOP.
"an urgent operational need from theater commanders."
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Political posturing?
Or blatent war preparation?
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I wouldn’t call this saber rattling, it was berried in a much larger funding request. And I don’t think that this would be specific to preparing
to go to war with Iran, remember Russia is getting feisty as well.
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I bet those MOP thingys would do some hardcore damage to Pakistaini cave systems as well!!
OBL we know where you are! We just need bigger bombs to make sure.
MonKey
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