Reversal Of Fortune: U.S. Decides To Sell Israel Bunker Busting Bombs
Okay so yesterday the story was no, today, it is yes. Don’t forget I told you motherfuckers two weeks or so ago this shit was going down. I didn’t fly all the way over there to get the goods first hand if I thought cos I thought my sources were “decent”. I did it because I knew they were as good as it gets. Boom, boom, out goes the lights.
Haaretz:
Despite reservations in Washington regarding a possible Israeli strike on Iran, the American administration will supply Israel with sophisticated weapons for heavily fortified targets, the U.S. administration announced.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced it would sell the Israel Air Force 1,000 new smart bombs, rumored to significantly enhance the IAF’s military capabilities. The deal was approved amid public and secret messages from Washington, with the Americans expressing their reservations about a possible Israeli strike against the Islamic Republic’s suspected nuclear sites.
The Pentagon’s announcement, which came on Friday, said the U.S. will provide Israel with 1,000 units of Guided Bomb Unit-39 (GBU-39) - a special weapon developed for penetrating fortified facilities located deep underground.
The $77 million shipment, which includes launchers and appurtenances, will allow the IAF to hit many more bunkers than currently possible. Although each bomb weighs 113 kilograms, its penetration capabilities equal those of a one ton bomb, according to professional literature.
Most U.S. Air Force aircraft are able to carry a pack of four of these bombs in place of a single one-ton bomb. The bomb’s small size allows a single-strike aircraft to carry more of the munitions than is possible utilizing currently available bomb units, thus increasing firepower, or, alternatively, allowing the aircraft to fly longer distances to deliver a single bomb.
During demonstrations, the GBU-39 - labeled by the manufacturer, Boeing, as a Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) - has successfully penetrated more than 1.8 meters of thick reinforced concrete with a 23-kilogram warhead. The GPS-guided weapon is said to have a 50-percent probability of hitting its intended target within 5-8 meters, which should minimize collateral damage.
The estimated value for the bomb’s GPS version, which military experts have called the latest development in the bunker-buster line, is around $70,000 to $90,000 for each individual bomb.
The U.S. has already supplied Israel with earlier versions of bunker busters. In 2005, the Pentagon authorized the sale of GBU-28 to Israel, in a move that commentators construed as a hinted threat aimed at Iran. Haaretz reported earlier this month that the U.S. was hesitant about selling Israel heavier busters.
The Pentagon’s announcement also said that the U.S. would help upgrade the Israel Defense Forces’ patriot anti-aircraft missiles - which Israel uses as part of its missile-interception array. Israel will also receive 28,000 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon) tube launchers for land forces.
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Reservations my ass
September 14th, 2008 at 5:03 amIsrael takes out the nukes, we take out the military and all roads leading to Iraq. It makes a lot of sense to go into Pakistan and safeguard their nukes now.Does Russia move into Iran’s oil field and stake claim?
Iran, Syria, Libya, Pakistan militarizes destroyed equal a more stable middle east. Back to the stone age.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/09/iran_5060_tons_of_enriched_ura.html
September 14th, 2008 at 5:14 amHey when is Ahmafuckenwhackjobcocksuckingragheadgoatfuckingmidget gonna be in the US again??
Payback for Georgia will be a B****, just saying is all ..
I hope Chavez enjoys watching the IDF clinically decimate Iran’s defenses.
September 14th, 2008 at 5:30 amOnce they have one hopefully they can reverse engineer it
September 14th, 2008 at 6:31 amso that they can build many.
Think that’s enough for them to do to these rogue nations nuclear programs what they did to Saddam’s in the 80’s?
September 14th, 2008 at 6:47 amGo Baby!!!
September 14th, 2008 at 7:12 amThose Russians working on Iran’s nuke plants probably just put in for some vacation leave back in the motherland.
RC
September 14th, 2008 at 7:14 amIs that the longest word in the world? Good chuckle here.
“Israel will also receive 28,000 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon) tube launchers for land forces.” Georgia bound?
September 14th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Pat….Never doubted you for a minute. 
September 14th, 2008 at 7:31 amClearer heads heads have finally prevailed. One of the biggest mistakes of Bush 43 was not clearing the key positions in the State Dept of Clinton holdovers. Its those losers that were keeping this deal from going through.
September 14th, 2008 at 7:42 am
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September 14th, 2008 at 7:52 amFrom what I’ve heard we did, and still do have reservations. Our reservations were that the Israelis wouldn’t use our intel, and that they wouldn’t fly a mock mission and allow us to swoop in with B-2 and level the Nuclear Facilities and then Tehran.
Ezekiel 37 & 38 brings an Iran (Persia) and Russia (Gog and Magog)combined with all the Muslim countires surrounding Israel to the Israeli borders with conventional armies. If you reverse engineer this, that means that Iran will not be able to stay 1000 miles away and attack Israel with nukes and proxies, but will need to come personally. Since Iran has said that if they had nukes they would not hesitate to use them to destroy Israel even if it meant mutually assured destruction, that means that either Israel or USA takes out their nuke ability. The only thing that stops the Muslims from fighting each other is their hatred for Israel. SOmething will happen that will unite these nuts with a conventional attack on Israel. Certainly, once Iran’s nukes are gone and then the world’s true Christians are suddenly removed from earth to heaven (the rapture) USA military would be significantly impacted and the Muslims will feel that now is the time to attack together (just like in 48 and 67). This armageddon war will not occur till 7 yrs after the church is removed. Read Rev. 1, 4-20.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:12 amLook, the fact is that the israelis will take these fuckers out no matter what we say. They did it to Iraq and we didn’t give them permission. They will do it again if they think they need to.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:21 amI figure the timing to be somewhere between Nov 5 and Jan 20, giving the incoming President deniability and the outgoing one a parting shot at Iran without accountability. But yes, things in Iran are about to disappear.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:17 amI have to wonder how much of this preparation is dependent on who wins in Nov.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:48 amCool! Since I guessed wrongly yesterday, does anyone want to guess how the USA and Israel have factored the inevitable Muslim reaction into their strategic calculus? Or should we not speculate about such things for the present time?
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September 14th, 2008 at 11:15 amYesterday I used the words “plausable deniablity” figuring that the US would defend its ally the IDF and support the IDF’s desire to prevent another Jewish Holocaust.
So what else is new? The only way for shalom to rein over Israel is when her enemies are destroyed.
A history of the GBU-39
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/sdb.htm
The LAW ain’t shit compared to the steller AT weapons we have now. Against hardened bunkers they’re effective at short distances.
If you want to give the Geogians something good. Give them the AT-4. M-72’s in VN couldn’t even take out a T-54. There was a nasty incident when an SF compound was overrun by NVA late in the war, and the M-72 was ineffective against NVA tanks.
But the GBU-39? Well now that’s a different story.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:24 amShould be pretty effective agianst the Palistanian and Syria bunkers to the North too.
September 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pmPlausible Deniability.
Good hunting boys!
P.S.: Don’t sweat any radar in Iran. It wouldn’t be working whenever you go. (Radars will be out in Syria, Jordan, Saudia Arabia and every other damn place around the area.
September 14th, 2008 at 3:27 pmI guess I’d rather Israel have them than someone else…
September 14th, 2008 at 4:07 pmLOL, I can use almost every letter on my keyboard to describe an enemy and can send an email too, I guess that qualifies me to run for POTUS… fortunately I’m no moonbat.
Last thing we need is a President who accounts going to grade school in Indonesia as foreign policy experience and can send an email (which I’m not sure he can anyway, he has trouble reading off a telemprompter..) and texting our enemies.
I can just see the exchange:
A’jad: Y’allah Obama r u there?
Barry: Maybe, why?
A’jad: I’m going to wipe Israel off the map today.
Barry: No shit? Hey why don’t we sit and chat.. uhh umm err I’m having tea with your buddy Chavez..
A’jad: No time for umming and ahhhin I have 7 million Jews to exterminate today, say Hi to my brother Chavez.
Barry: Alright Mahmoud.. just not the same without you here.
A’jad: I know, I’ll make it up to you O great One, btw thanks for supporting Hamas and Hezbollah and taking back those Bush-Hitler bunker busting bombs..
Barry: Hey no probs, I’m here to help that’s what community organizers do *wink
Barry: Have fun!!!
A’jad: Oh I will, thank you and good-bye. Regards to Michelle.
A’jad: Almost forgot, tell Olbermann I can get him chief anchor position at Al Jazeera - but he has to suck my dick first.
Barry: Don’t have to, here’s here with Chavez and I, and uhh ahh he says yes, yes, YESSSSSSS.
A’jad: What a poof he is.
Barry: Uh huh. Allahu Akbar my friend!
A’jad: Ditto.
September 14th, 2008 at 4:38 pmI smell GOAT ASS BURNING
September 14th, 2008 at 5:20 pm