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Friday, March 16, 2007

Is new bunker buster too big for the job?
Some observers are saying that the Massive Ordnance Penetrator on a B-2 may not be useful in penetrating deeply buried bunkers.

The bomb is not proven to penetrate deep into the ground and each B-2 can only carry two bombs.

With only 21 bombers available, the USAF is strained to find bombers required to be reconfigured for the new bomb.

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