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The United States has diverted a shipment of bunker-busters designated for Israel.
:brightly: Hi! Are you a Democrat in a Republican seat? | RedState 2010
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The U.A.E. has a large fleet of advanced U.S.-made F-16 fighters that could carry the bunker-busters.
U.S. Plans Bomb Sales in Gulf to Counter Iran Adam Entous 2011
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And for every call to wipe Israel off the map, the U.S. would supply the Jewish state with 100 bunker-busters suitable for use against Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Scientists have calculated that although contamination from the bunker-busters could be limited, tons of radioactive uranium compounds would be released.
Remember the new logo that replaced the old Civil Defense one? edgreen86 2007
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And yet, there are people who cling to the idea that we have nuclear bunker-busters that would neatly uproot these facilities with minimal fuss or hassle.
Michael B. Laskoff: Iran, North Korea and the Technology Fantasy 2009
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However, the nuclear-tipped bunker-busters would be used only if a conventional attack was ruled out and if the United States declined to intervene, senior sources said.
Remember the new logo that replaced the old Civil Defense one? edgreen86 2007
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You'll spread bunker-busters throughout Iraq; passing them on until we kill Saddam Hussein.
Patrick Sauer: Donald Rumsfeld Remixes Christian Hymns for George W. Bush 2009
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I think neither of them would use nukes in an irresponsible way: I don't think that either of them would consider bunker-busters either desirable nor necessary.
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Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-busters”, according to several Israeli military sources.
Remember the new logo that replaced the old Civil Defense one? edgreen86 2007
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As the above quotes from two of our best sources note, military experts say that conventional "bunker-busters" like the GBU-28 might be able to destroy the Natanz facility, especially with repeated bombings.
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