"Bunker Busters": Sources of Confusion in the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Debate
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Earth penetrator weapons, often called “bunker busters,” burrow into the ground some tens of feet before detonating, greatly increasing their ability to destroy buried targets. The United States has several types of conventional earth penetrators. The Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are studying a more
effective penetrator, the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP). The FY2005 defense authorization act contained the full RNEP request, $27.6 million. This repor…
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Date:
January 10, 2005
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
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