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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    Updated figures.

    A U.S. official said that six American warplanes dropped a dozen 30,000-pound bunker-busters on the Fordo nuclear site, and that Navy submarines fired 30 cruise missiles at the Natanz and Isfahan sites. One B-2 bomber also dropped two bunker-busters on Natanz, the official said.

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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      I think only about 20 were made so that’s more than 2/3 of the whole program.

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      • RenaudaR Renauda

        Let’s see what kind of war time President Trump is. He’s crossed the Rubicon although I agree the Iranian regime left him no other choice than military action.

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        @Renauda said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

        Let’s see what kind of war time President Trump is. He’s crossed the Rubicon although I agree the Iranian regime left him no other choice other than military action.

        Speaking of Rubiocons, was Marco trying to Blink out a message in Morse code last night? And how much eyeliner was JD wearing?

        The Brad

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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          We’ll see what comes of this.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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          • MikM Away
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            Some folks just don’t know when they’re licked.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • jon-nycJ Offline
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              It is still pending a security council decision. May not happen.

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • bachophileB bachophile

                  All clear. Now let’s see what’s the damage

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                  @bachophile said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                  All clear. Now let’s see what’s the damage

                  stay safe!! 😘

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    taiwan_girlT Offline
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                    @jon-nyc Interesting video. Just wondering why it was necessary to send decoy planes to the west.

                    (Minor point, but Who are they trying to fool? I think everybody pretty much knew what was potentially going to happen. The Iran nuclear plants are so big and so complex, it is not like you could pack things up, put them in a car trunk and drive it somewhere else.)

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                      Six craters in Fordo.

                      IMG_5939.jpeg

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                      • MikM Away
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                        Wow. Fourteen MOPs.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          We’ll see what comes of this.

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                          @jon-nyc said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                          We’ll see what comes of this.

                          It’s not the 70’s. That will negatively affect UAB, Oman, and Asian countries. China, Japan, South Korea, etc… Very little of that oil goes to the west.

                          The Brad

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                            Except oil is fungible so if you cut off supply anywhere those not getting it will seek it elsewhere and bid up prices.

                            Though I agrees this wouldn’t be nearly as painful as it was 50 years ago.

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                              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                              • MikM Mik

                                Wow. Fourteen MOPs.

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                                @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                Wow. Fourteen MOPs.

                                Imagine the impact. They drop a 30,000lb skinny aerodynamic bomb from 40,000 ft. It’s going Mach 1+ when it hits. 80% of the weight is the casing. It can go through 200ft of 5,000 psi concrete. Then the 5,000 bomb goes off.

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                                • MikM Away
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                                  The morning news shows are trying their best to slam the raid.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • HoraceH Horace

                                    How about the Trump admin managing not to leak any details of this op before it happened. I'm proud of them.

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                                    @Horace said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                    How about the Trump admin managing not to leak any details of this op before it happened. I'm proud of them.

                                    Apparently there were leaks if you run in conservative columnist circles.

                                    Also NYT gave a heads up that it was imminent but that was an Israeli source.

                                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                                      I wonder how you even do damage assessment for something like Fordo. Probably sigint from the Iranians once they figure it out. Which may well take months.

                                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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                                        This is in western Iraq near the Iran border.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          FoxNews says at least one pilot was female.

                                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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