New Bunker-Buster Kicks in the Front Door
Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE
The need to destroy hardened targets deep beneath rock or concrete is launching an arms race of sorts in bomb design. The U.S. Air Force’s current deep penetrator is the 4,600-lb. BLU-113, which can break through 8 meters (26 ft.) of rock or concrete. Larger weapons, such as the 30,000-lb. Massive...
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