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- Bunker busters are specialized munitions designed to penetrate deep into the ground or through heavy fortifications before detonating. The use of depleted uranium in some bunker busters poses environmental and health risks, due to its radioactivity.
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An example of a Russian bunker buster is the KAB-1500L-Pr. It is delivered with the Su-24M and the Su-34 aircraft. It is stated to be able to penetrate 10–20 m of earth or 2 m of reinforced concrete. The bomb weighs 1,500 kg (3,300 lb), with 1,100 kg (2,400 lb) being the high explosive penetrating warhead.
Mar 7, 2024 · Known as bunker busters, these bombs penetrate deep into the earth or right through a dozen feet of reinforced concrete before exploding. These bombs have made it possible to reach and destroy facilities that would have been impossible to attack otherwise.
Oct 12, 2021 · The Air Force is testing a new bunker-busting bomb that could counter North Korea and Iran. By Rachel S. Cohen. Oct 12, 2021. The 96th Test Wing recently concluded a GBU-72 test series that...
The GBU-28 is a 4,000-pound (1814.3 kg) class laser-guided "bunker busting" bomb produced originally by the Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York. It was designed, manufactured, and deployed in less than three weeks due to an urgent need during Operation Desert Storm to penetrate hardened Iraqi command centers located deep underground.
- Since 1991
- Laser-guided bunker busting bomb
- United States
- Gulf War
May 14, 2024 · The 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator, known as a bunker-buster, can be dropped only from a B-2 stealth bomber. It’s far bigger than the unguided 2,000-pound (900-kilogram), explosives...
Oct 22, 2021 · Israel To Request America’s New GBU-72 Bunker Buster Bomb. Israeli planners have shared operational lessons from their recent heavy use of the GBU-28 bomb with the US Air Force in order to...
May 3, 2023 · The B-2 Spirit stealth bombers of the 509th Bomb Wing based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, are the only aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory currently capable to operationally drop...
