vidal monsoon
26-10-2007, 09:14 PM
A request for funds to arm stealth bombers with devastating bunker-busting bombs has caused panic in the U.S. Congress, with Democrats fearing it means George Bush plans to attack Iran.
President Bush asked for £44million to modify radar-evading, long-range B-2 bombers with the weapons, designed to destroy targets buried deep underground.
Military experts say the 15-ton Massive Ordnance Penetrators, or MOPs, are not designed for the sort of counter-insurgency wars America and Britain are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=489582&
President Bush asked for £44million to modify radar-evading, long-range B-2 bombers with the weapons, designed to destroy targets buried deep underground.
Military experts say the 15-ton Massive Ordnance Penetrators, or MOPs, are not designed for the sort of counter-insurgency wars America and Britain are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=489582&