Stealth bombers to get bunker-nobbling weapons

[lovuian]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/20/stealth_n_iranians_play_catchup/

American stealth bombers will soon be equipped to drop the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), the gigantic deep-bunker-blasting bomb currently being developed by the Yanks.

Northrop Grumman announced the relatively cheap $2.5m stealth-bomber refit contract yesterday. An undisclosed number of the US Air Force's 22 B-2 "Spirit" bombers will each be able to carry a brace of 15-tonne MOPs in around seven months' time.
snip...
There isn't much doubt regarding whose air defence the stealth-bombers might fly through, or what valued targets they might hit with their penetrating superbombs.

The uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz is generally thought to be the main point of vulnerability in the Iranian nuclear programme, where weapons-grade metals could be produced. Most analyses - some even publicly available - reckon Natanz is the big target for the US (or Israel) in the event of a move to cripple Iran's nuke effort.
more...

No wonder many have predicted $100/barrel oil this is madness

[Captain Angry]

1. A few things.

1: It's normal to make sure a bomber is physically capable of dropping the bombs that have been built.
2: That said, it worries me that we've got those things nearly ready to roll.


3: I love the Brits. Nobbling. God that's awesome.

[lovuian]

2. I know me too

thats one Big Bomb and I resent the fact that the Military used the Arch Angel Rafael to be named after a freakin Bomb

they have no respect for Archangels ...they are very foolish indeed to put their name on it

[MonkeyFunk]

3. I once nobbled my bunker

and couldn't walk for a week.

[lovuian]

4. lol

:rofl:

[populistdriven]

5. its already happening.

its already happening.

What do you think the deepest oil well (Chevron) drilled in the Gulf of
Mexico (28,000 + feet)(10 kilometers) and an earthquake have in common?
Chevron Jack #2 Oil Well. Surprisingly, Chevron announced (big
announcement not quiet) info on the well on September 8, 2006 like it
was big news even though the well was completed in 2004.

September 10, 2006 - Gulf of Mexico earthquake. Can you say "bunker
busting nuke test". I have not been able to gather specific info and/or
exact location of Jack #2 oil well, but it is very close to the
epicenter of quake. The USGS puts epicenter at 270 miles southwest of
Apalachicola, FL, which is also about 270 miles southeast of Louisiana.
Articles I have read indicate Jack #2 oil well from 175 miles to 275
miles somewhere south of Louisiana. This is way out there in 7,000 feet
of water.

Estimates of costs based on economic articles I have read would put oil
at $20,000 to $30,000 per barrel and indicate an increase of American
reserves by 50 percent.?????!!! It is not financially responsible, unless...
Crazy claims like "dredging sea floor for manganese nodules". Glomar
Explorer all over again.

Maybe they are using nuke to frac the formation for better recoveries?

Follow the money