Israel Unveils New Bunker Buster

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TEL AVIV — Israel last week unveiled an improved precision, bunker-burrowing weapon, the latest in a series of operational upgrades aimed at honing what one official here labeled “a very credible military option” against the Iranian nuclear threat.

Built by state-owned Israel Military Industries (IMI), the 500-pound MPR-500 is an electro-optical or laser-guided projectile that can penetrate double-reinforced concrete walls or floors without breaking apart. It is designed as an upgrade to the U.S. Mk82, thousands of which are in Israel Air Force stocks, and can use Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits or Paveway for guidance.

In an operational test video released March 6, the MPR-500 is seen penetrating four reinforced concrete walls, with fragmentation from the explosion limited to a radius of less than three meters.

“The lethality, precision ... and relatively low weight enables its use against multiple targets in a single pass; an element that increases the operational effectiveness of attack,” according to IMI.

The MPR-500 bridges an operational gap between the 250-pound U.S. GBU-39 small-diameter bomb — 1,000 of which were approved for sale to Israel — and the 5,000-pound GBU-28.

In parallel, the Air Force is planning to enlarge its Boeing 707-based aerial refueling tanker fleet.

Once deployed, the expanded tanker fleet will be capable of providing nearly 2 million pounds of fuel, allowing dozens of Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighters to carry more weapons for long-range strategic bombing missions.

The Israeli daily Ma’ariv newspaper reported March 8 that Washington had offered to augment Israel’s aerial refueling and limited bunker-busting capabilities on condition that Israel refrain from waging an independent attack on Iran this year. An Israeli security source denied that report, insisting there was no “quid pro quo” linkage between the timing of future Israeli operations and additional capabilities that may be forthcoming from Washington.

A U.S. government source confirmed that additional GBU-28s were a subject of bilateral talks. However, he insisted that beyond the 100 GBU-28s authorized for Israel in 2005 and another 50 approved in 2007, there have been no new notifications to Congress regarding potential sales.

Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, is expected to discuss options for enhancing Israel’s so-called qualitative military edge in meetings with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, scheduled next week in Washington.


Israel Unveils New Bunker Buster | Defense News | defensenews.com

 

[nomi007]

just for iran

 

[Hafizzz]

just for iran

supplied by the uSA

Graphic: How the U.S. Massive Ordnance Penetrator works | News | National Post

 

[Archdemon]

supplied by the uSA

Graphic: How the U.S. Massive Ordnance Penetrator works | News | National Post

It is IMI product Israeli Military Industry not USA

 

[monitor]

It is IMI product Israeli Military Industry not USA

but the west didn't help to destroy Iran to its spoiled child who knows ?

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

just for iran

Who knows!

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

They tested it on some weak concreate and think it will work on iran

iran makes by farrrrrrr the worlds strongest concrete, it could probably even withstand a small nuke.

 

[Hack-Hook]

just for iran

no the only target that those bombs can harm is Hamas ,even according to
IDF they faced bunkers 40m deep under the ground in south Lebanon. for
Iran nuclear facilities even USA 13.5 ton Bomb is not enough m then how
this 500 Pound bomb can even made a scratch to them.

another matter is those reinforced concerts are misleading they only can
tolerate up to 5000 psi but according to jane when they used it against
concrete with 10000 psi USA 30000 pound bomb could only penetrate up to
8 meter and Iran has shown it can produce High-performance concrete
that tolerate up to 50000-60000 PSI
and this is from American themselves

Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran - WSJ.com

The official said some Pentagon war planners believe conventional bombs won't be effective against Fordow and that a tactical nuclear weapon may be the only military option if the goal is to destroy the facility. "Once things go into the mountain, then really you have to have something that takes the mountain off," the official said.

The official said the MOP may be more effective against Iran's main enrichment plant at Natanz but added: "But even that is guesswork."

 

[longbrained]

Useless bomb. Just look at what the article says, it penetrates through just a meter of ordinary concrete which has a strength of 3000 psi. The most advanced US bunker buster penetrates through just 2.5 meters of ultra high performance concrete with a strength of 10,000 psi. Iran has invented a super concrete which has a strength of over 80,000 psi and probably higher using nano-technology as per western sources so these weapons can not even dent Iranian bunkers. Here is how most advanced US bomb works and why it is going to be ineffective against Iranian super concrete:

 

[S.Y.A]

well they can do whatever they like with THEIR weapons

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

Longbrained:

holy crap! 80,000psi????

 

[longbrained]

Longbrained:

holy crap! 80,000psi????

Actually it is probably higher than that for several reasons. What we know of Iranian concrete is from scientific journals they have published or tests done in western competition and in all probability, Iranians are not going to disclose everything and put on display their toughest or military grade concrete. The other reason is that all those Iranian literature or tests at competition talk about young concrete with an age of under a month. Now, the wonderful thing about concrete is that as it ages it becomes even tougher sometimes by several times depending on the type of the concrete. So you can assume a bunker built with this Iranian super concrete five years ago will be even more than 80,000 psi for sure. And the concrete layer is going to be several meters thick which is buried under dozens of meters of rock and soil. So to destroy that, they will probably need to use a nuclear bunker buster or a neutron bomb which does not need to penetrate at all, as neutrons can travel through hundreds of meters of solid lead and concrete and kill every one inside as well as ruining the equipment. There was a news a while back that if they attack they are going to use neutron bombs as there is no defense against it and Iran does not have the means to retaliate in kind.

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

Usa will not dare use neutorn bomb ot nukes. because if they do then china and russia cannot say dont make the nuke Iran.
because then we will have to.

also of course we can retaliate, we will send their troops to hell if they dare attack.
we even made they graves ready.