Can a US warehouse destroy the nuclear mountain in Iran?

If the United States enters the conflict between Israel and Iran, it is expected that it will play a major role in destroying the underground uranium enrichment facilities in Iran.

This task will definitely decrease to a specific number of American bombers that are large enough to offer a watched bomb with a resolution of 30,000 pounds, known as GBU-57 E/B, or MP-MP-The most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the world.

It was dropped from the B2 stealth launcher, MP can penetrate with a length of 6 meters the absolute motor force more than 60 meters of rocks and soil-depending on the hardness of the Earth-before the explosion. Since it is accurate, multiple bombs can be dropped in theory on one spot.

This gives MP, which is stronger than any traditional bomb known in the Israeli arsenal, is likely to have a sufficient impact to destroy a lot of IranUnderground enrichment facilities, especially Natanz, which is believed to be buried 20 meters underground and covered about 2 meters from reinforced concrete.

However, this may not be sufficient to destroy the Fordo facility more protection, which is buried inside a mountain under up to 80 meters of rocks and soil-although the bomb was developed for this specified purpose.

Raphael Ghosti, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that some of the most sensitive facilities for Ford may be buried deeper, as much as up to half a mile underground.

“I was there several times,” he said This month was presented. “To get there, take a spiral tunnel down, down,”.

The lack of any guarantee that a bomb strike is successful, or even a series of strikes, would destroy most or every nuclear stock already in Fordo remember a similar dilemma that the United States faces in the past.

When the United States was considering a preventive bombing campaign against the Soviet nuclear weapons stationed in Cuba during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, the main concern was a possible failure to destroy all targets-a risk account account that prompted President Kennedy to choose the maritime and diplomatic embargo instead.

“The US Air Force was only confident of the destruction of 85 percent of the targets-for this reason there were also plans to invade a follow-up land,” said Robert Pep, an American military historian and author of the book. WinningHistoric survey of bombing campaigns in the twentieth century.

“In the Iranian issue, how can the US National Security Council make sure they will get everything? This is the big issue,” he said.

It was manufactured by Boeing, MP was tested in the White Sands group in New Mexico but was not used in active fighting. This is likely to make a second problem.

Pep said: “The destruction of Fordo, which was explicitly designed by festivals, is likely to take at least two bombs, each completely hit the same place.”

“It might be good, and I am sure that the US Air Force has technical capabilities. But this has not been done before in a real war.”

The 22,000 -pound MP ancestors, the Ordnance Air Blast or Map, known as the mother for all bombs, was less powerful but used for the devastating influence in Afghanistan in 2017. It was dropped on a cave complex managed by an Islamic company in Nangarhar Province.

The MP – which has been developed since 2002, was first published in 2011, and has been promoted periodically since – an improved and more targeted version than Moab: its explosive charge is larger and is carried inside a very solid metal cover that allows hacking before the explosion.

The US arsenal is believed to contain about 20 mm. Each bomb costs about $ 4 million, based on the US Air Force contract of $ 28 million for eight of them.

Only B2 Spirit Stealth Bomber has been forced to carry and deliver MP. There are 20 B2 launchers in the service, According to the US Air ForceEach of them is able to carry two textures, one in each of the bays of the bombs.

The attacker, made by Northob Grumman, has an unlimited range of 11,000 km, or 19,000 km with fuel-air refueling-which makes almost any goal in the world to be reached.

Despite the frightening capabilities of both MP and B2 Bomber, any task for destroying the Fordow factory will face other tactical difficulties.

The first is that it may require dropping more than one bomb on the facility from the B2 Bomber to wander over its goal, and become vulnerable to Iranian air defenses.

Pep said: “B2 is a surreptitious bomber, but it is designed to avoid radar – it is not hidden on each side.” “For example, it contains a very flat bottom-which can make it weak like an anti-air missile plane.”

The second challenge may include clearing the path of a safe journey for the B2 to its goal. This can be done by using Cruise Missiles to combat radar that can take any Iranian radar facilities that were not already destroyed by Israeli forces.

“But Iran may have expected the United States to cut such a corridor,” said Pep. “The bombing raid may work well – but you must see that it has not been done before.”

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