Interesting animation detailing the complications of attacking Iran's nuclear facilities

hokies4ever

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Wed Jun-11-08 09:59 PM
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Interesting animation detailing the complications of attacking Iran's nuclear facilities

Seeing as how their nuclear facilities are underground protected by many layers of concrete, it's not as simple as when Israel just used F-16s and conventional bombs to take out Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor. Just another reason not to support McCain or even Israel if they insist on preemptively striking Iran's nuclear facilities sometime soon.

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/nuclear-bunker-buster-rnep-animation.html

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Rick Myers

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Wed Jun-11-08 10:05 PM
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1. I can assure you, any 'bunker-busting' tech we have has been shared with Israel

:grr:

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hokies4ever

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Wed Jun-11-08 10:12 PM
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2. Israel doesn't have B2 bombers though

and that's the biggest difference. They have F-16s which can't carry these large bombs and have a limited range. Israel's best shot at destroying these bunkers would be a low-yield nuclear strike, but this animation shows how difficult that would be. Israel's F-16s barely had enough range to reach Saddam's nuclear reactor, so Iran's nuclear facilities will surely be out of reach.

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