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The US Airstrikes Won’t Stop Iran’s Proxy Wars
Despite the precision and scale of US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, Tehran’s regime is likely to rebuild, intensify proxy warfare, and remain committed to its long-term atomic ambitions.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the intergovernmental body that assesses compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, was barred from going within about 40 miles of the affected ...
The latter created a problem for journalists of various media, which have rules on the use scatological language. It led to ...
President Donald Trump may someday be recognized as the president who dropped two historic bombs in one week. One was the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or bunker buster bomb, used for the first time on ...
Bunker buster bombs can go to varying depths depending on the model, from just under 2 feet with the BLU-109 to over 200 feet ...
B-2 bombers, like the ones used to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, are continually receiving major upgrades to stay ...
The MOP was developed in the early 2000s as part of a DARPA-led effort created in response to the emergence of Iranian and North Korean fortified nuclear facilities.
Last weekend's strike on Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant used 30,000-pound GBU-57 "massive ordnance penetrator" bombs. The design of those weapons and plans for attacking the site had ...
A GBU-57 series Massive Ordnance Penetrator is seen crashing into a target. Picture: Department of Defense The 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs demolish fortified targets deep underground.
When the analysts realized they did not have a weapon to strike Fordo if needed, Caine said they teamed up with industry in a top-secret effort to build the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or GBU-57 ...