“The Mother of All Bombs”: a “great weapon” to use on Iran, says US air force chief

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29680 by Global Research News Global Research, March 10, 2012 A top US Air Force general has described the biggest conventional warhead – the 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb – as “great” for a military strike on Iran. Such glib comment about a massive killing device comes in the same week that US President Barack Obama […]

Pentagon developing more powerful bunker buster bomb to target Iran’s ‘hidden nuclear weapons’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093371/Pentagon-developing-powerful-bunker-buster-bomb.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:23 AM on 29th January 2012 The Pentagon has made a secret request to develop its largest bomb because officials believe it is not capable of destroying Iran’s fortified underground facilities. The 13.6 ton Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is the deepest penetrating ‘bunker buster’ currently in the […]