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Iran is expected to complete this year a new nuclear facility, buried so deeply under a mountain that even the most powerful American bunker buster might not be able to reach it.
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Michael Makovsky and John Hannah, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
On September 27, Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, by dropping between 60 to 80 bunker buster bombs on a densely populated neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
Israel isn't believed to have the bunker buster bombs that the Pentagon has nor the means to deliver them.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
One of them in the Red Sea, where our CBS' David Martin reported the U.S. used a 5,000 pound bunker buster bomb in Yemen just this past week.
—CBS News, 2 June 2024
During that time, the United States has transferred at least 15,000 bombs, including 2,000-pound bunker busters, and more than 50,000 155mm artillery shells.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
And during that time, the United States has transferred at least 15,000 bombs, including 2,000-pound bunker busters, and more than 50,000 155mm artillery shells.
—John Hudson, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
Additionally, Israel will require precision bombs to minimize civilian casualties as well as bunker busters to destroy the vast network of tunnels that Hamas uses to move its weapons and terrorists throughout Gaza.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Oct. 2023
The warthogs are each capable of carrying approximately 16 bunker busters, otherwise known as GBU-39/B bombs.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2023
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Michael Makovsky and John Hannah, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
On September 27, Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, by dropping between 60 to 80 bunker buster bombs on a densely populated neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
Israel isn't believed to have the bunker buster bombs that the Pentagon has nor the means to deliver them.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
One of them in the Red Sea, where our CBS' David Martin reported the U.S. used a 5,000 pound bunker buster bomb in Yemen just this past week.
—CBS News, 2 June 2024
During that time, the United States has transferred at least 15,000 bombs, including 2,000-pound bunker busters, and more than 50,000 155mm artillery shells.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
And during that time, the United States has transferred at least 15,000 bombs, including 2,000-pound bunker busters, and more than 50,000 155mm artillery shells.
—John Hudson, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
Additionally, Israel will require precision bombs to minimize civilian casualties as well as bunker busters to destroy the vast network of tunnels that Hamas uses to move its weapons and terrorists throughout Gaza.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Oct. 2023
The warthogs are each capable of carrying approximately 16 bunker busters, otherwise known as GBU-39/B bombs.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2023
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