Bunker busters' may grow to 30,000 pounds [View All]

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/20/big.bomb/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It's just an idea on paper, but the U.S. Air Force is asking defense contractors how they might develop a 30,000-pound, precision-guided bomb that could destroy targets deep underground, in caves or in hardened bunkers.

Air Force officials said the proposed weapon, called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, would be substantially larger than the current penetrating bomb -- the GBU-28, a 5,000-pound weapon.

Military officials said the most likely use of such a weapon would be against underground targets such as those found in North Korea.

North Korea ....
ok so Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and N. Korea????
uhm... why am i not getting all warm and fuzzy inside thinking of this???