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2006-02-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran nuke plant 'would survive attack'
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Posted by tipper 2006-02-21 18:46|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I'm available to design a robot that searches for airshafts, then cuts its way in, climbs down the airshaft as far as can, then booms.
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-02-21 18:52|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-02-21 18:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran nuke plant 'would survive attack'

Is that an invitation? A double-dog dare?

Have they got some sort of computer program that belches out these canned speeches - 1 from column A and 2 from column B?
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2006-02-21 19:05|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-02-21 19:05|| Front Page Top

#3 The iranians obviously havent heard about our tactical nuclear bunker busters.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-02-21 19:07||   2006-02-21 19:07|| Front Page Top

#4 The ones cancelled by Congress, IIRC?
Posted by .com 2006-02-21 19:10||   2006-02-21 19:10|| Front Page Top

#5 lol this remains to be seen, how do you say "blistering surprise assault" in farsi?
Posted by bgrebel 2006-02-21 19:24||   2006-02-21 19:24|| Front Page Top

#6 The problem with open pit mines is that they are subject to toxic chemical spills. Say, for example, a large quantity of some toxic chemical that was persistant for say, 20 years minimum, was accidently spilled on such a mine, mining would damn near be impossible.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-21 19:26||   2006-02-21 19:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Iran nuke plant 'would survive attack'

Let's find out.
Posted by Zenster 2006-02-21 19:41||   2006-02-21 19:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Good. He hasn't a clue what our bunker busters can do. I don't either, of course, but I suspect my conception is a lot closer than his.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-21 19:45||   2006-02-21 19:45|| Front Page Top

#9 TW..... look at my post in today's rantburg..


New Bomb Drills for Bunkers
Posted by 3dc 2006-02-21 19:50||   2006-02-21 19:50|| Front Page Top

#10 trailing wife, I'm sure by now that you're aware of how even a single woman of your wit and intelligence is of equal danger to all Islam as any bunker busters our military might deploy.
Posted by Zenster 2006-02-21 19:51||   2006-02-21 19:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Here's a page that summarizes the political activity against nuclear BB's (actually called RNEPs: Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator) through April, 2004. And once the opposition had it in the bag, Bush dropped it from the 2005 budget in October, 2004.
Posted by .com 2006-02-21 19:54||   2006-02-21 19:54|| Front Page Top

#12 This guy is gonna go down with the like of Bagdad Bob. Bunker busting does not need to be a nuke. It just might have been canned because we have other means. It was posted here the other day about a 30,000 lb fuel/air bomb. That would probably do most any bunker they could build or at least kill everyone in it.
Posted by 49 pan">49 pan  2006-02-21 20:35||   2006-02-21 20:35|| Front Page Top

#13 And if that don't work we'll use zens idea and send in our very own TW! that's the last person they want to deal with!!
Posted by 49 pan">49 pan  2006-02-21 20:37||   2006-02-21 20:37|| Front Page Top

#14 From Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz

Scene: Heero is in space in a Giant Mecha, opponents are in 'invulnerable' underground fortress

Heero: Let me confirm, your shelter shield is activated?
Dekim Barton: What are you planning?
Heero: Your shelter is secure, is it?
Mariemaia Kushrenada: Of course it is! See for yourself just how powerless you are.
Heero: Roger that. (Opens fire)
Mariemaia Kushrenada: gasps!
Posted by DMFD 2006-02-21 20:44||   2006-02-21 20:44|| Front Page Top

#15 We should thank them for burying all this stuff. All we have to do is deny access in and out.
Posted by Darrell 2006-02-21 20:53||   2006-02-21 20:53|| Front Page Top

#16 That's right, 49 Pan. I'll serve them tea and conversation, and then they'll be sorry! You are a silly man, sometimes. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-21 20:53||   2006-02-21 20:53|| Front Page Top

#17 LOL!!
Posted by 49 pan">49 pan  2006-02-21 20:54||   2006-02-21 20:54|| Front Page Top

#18 We don't really need to destroy the sites though do we? Just blast whatever area we need to let the radiation loose. It's going to come out if we blast the whole place open anyway, so why not just save some money and kill them with a sliver. The equipment would become contaminated and the scientist working there would be to. problem solved.

Although the world would raise a fuss about the civilians near the target sites. Though I can live with Peaceniks going redface and passing out from lack of oxygen.
Posted by Charles 2006-02-21 21:17||   2006-02-21 21:17|| Front Page Top

#19 ¹Although the nuclear tipped bunker busters could do the trick, the object of the game would be to get it (them) to a depth of 400 to 500 feet down before detonation, or a moon shaped crater will blow out the surface exposing all to radiation (assuming we cared at this point)poisoning! How do we get it to target? At 400 feet, a circumspectral-dome would result burying all the pulverized remnants (neat tidy wrapup)!

¹The US could use multiple conventional bunker busters followed by a MOAB in the same track (assuming they have enough in the arsenals for atleast 100 target locations,

³The Israeli option would be to employ the gopher hole smoking technique with iradiated gas to expose "highlight" the entrances and exits to terminally trap the sites with smart bombs.
Posted by smn 2006-02-21 21:30||   2006-02-21 21:30|| Front Page Top

#20 close it up like a tomb. I like that, them Israelies are such smat folks!
Posted by 49 pan">49 pan  2006-02-21 21:43||   2006-02-21 21:43|| Front Page Top

#21 Similar claims were made for Saddam and his WMD progs/labs, and we all know how it turned out for both. Even ole Saddam by his courtroom antics appears to be biding his time until American Hiroshimas take place, or the world sees his Court hearing is worse than he was - like good Lefty schemes, its prob a little of both, andor any.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-02-21 22:18||   2006-02-21 22:18|| Front Page Top

#22 Man does that sound like an invitation or what?
Posted by Gluger Glereng2886 2006-02-21 23:06||   2006-02-21 23:06|| Front Page Top

#23 Well, let us say this about our bunker busters. During the first gulf war, they could penetrate 200ft of sand and then 20ft of reinforced concrete. They have gotten A LOT better since then. So I must ask you Aghazadeh. Do you feel lucky, punk? Do ya?
Posted by mmurray821 2006-02-21 23:24||   2006-02-21 23:24|| Front Page Top

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