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FogerRox

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2. Hardly, these fuses are used on smaller

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 03:13 PM

Dec 2011

500 to 2000 pound bombs, the much better penetrator is the BLU-113, is 19 feet (5.8 meters). It weighs about 4,400 pounds. And even the BLU-113 can only blast thru 40-45 ft of concrete or rock.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FogerRox/5

Yawn. All existing weapons are only good for closing the entrances of hardened facilities, even nukes. If someone has a tunnel a kilometer down in rock, it is doubtful if even a tungsten shaft dropped from orbit would do the job.

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So we upgrade Israel's attack capabilities Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #1

Hardly, these fuses are used on smaller FogerRox Dec 2011 #2