The US is considering arming Qatar with huge bunker buster bombs, raising the possibility of an American-Israel-Arab attack on Iran.
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
First Publish: 11/16/2011, 8:55 AM
American B-2 bombers
Israel news photo: Wikimedia Commons
The Obama administration is considering arming Qatar with huge bunker buster bombs, raising the possibility of an American-Israel-Arab attack on Iran.
The U.S. Air Force has received a shipment of 30,000-pound bombs, six times larger than those now in use, which can penetrate concrete bunkers. Iran has buried new nuclear plants in rocky mountainous areas and has buried them so deep under concrete to minimize the damage of an aerial attack, even if bunker buster bombs are used.
The Air Force began receiving the new monster bombs in September, and Boeing may build as many as 16 of the weapons, a U.S. military spokesman told Bloomberg News.
The B-2 stealth bomber will carry the bombs, which give “the war-fighter increased capability against hardened and deeply buried targets,” according to Air Force Lieutenant General James Kowalski.
Israel has received the older bunker bombs and may be armed with the new ones. Media reports, possibly trial balloons, once again brought up the possibility that Israel is planning to attack Iran’s nuclear plants. If war is necessary, neither Israel nor the United States wants to be the lone attacker. Read the rest on: Arutz7
The U.S. Air Force has received a shipment of 30,000-pound bombs, six times larger than those now in use, which can penetrate concrete bunkers. Iran has buried new nuclear plants in rocky mountainous areas and has buried them so deep under concrete to minimize the damage of an aerial attack, even if bunker buster bombs are used.
The Air Force began receiving the new monster bombs in September, and Boeing may build as many as 16 of the weapons, a U.S. military spokesman told Bloomberg News.
The B-2 stealth bomber will carry the bombs, which give “the war-fighter increased capability against hardened and deeply buried targets,” according to Air Force Lieutenant General James Kowalski.
Israel has received the older bunker bombs and may be armed with the new ones. Media reports, possibly trial balloons, once again brought up the possibility that Israel is planning to attack Iran’s nuclear plants. If war is necessary, neither Israel nor the United States wants to be the lone attacker. Read the rest on: Arutz7
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