The notification was tucked inside a 93-page "reprogramming" request that included a couple hundred other more mundane items.Well, let's be honest here: exactly who would we be using these bombs on other than Iran?
Why now? The notification says simply, "The Department has an Urgent Operational Need (UON) for the capability to strike hard and deeply buried targets in high threat environments. The MOP is the weapon of choice to meet the requirements of the UON." It further states that the request is endorsed by Pacific Command (which has responsibility over North Korea) and Central Command (which has responsibility over Iran).
The request was quietly approved. On Friday, McDonnell Douglas was awarded a $51.9 million contract to provide "Massive Penetrator Ordnance Integration" on B-2 aircraft.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Four Bombs And A Funeral
ABC's Jonathan Karl is reporting that the Pentagon has "quietly" ordered up four massive "bunker buster" bombs.
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Deeply-buried Al Qaeda bases, as they were in Tora Bora? Iran is more likely, but not guaranteed.
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