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Old 09-22-06, 08:01 AM   #10
Onkel Neal
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Originally Posted by Skybird
TLAMs are not sufficient for the destruction of certain key installations, Neal. Bunker buster bombs , even oversozed ones, even if hardened and dropped from a very high altitude, only penetrate so much into the earth, and not more (we had a thread some months ago describing and referring to the physics of it, it was said that a penetration depth of 7-8, or 12 m is the physically possible maximum
Yes, I know all that. I believe I suggested TLAM strikes (along with MOAB saturation) of the targets to knock down resistance, then insert ground troops at the sites to complete the destruction.

Are the American people prepared for this? Will we do it? No and probably not.

Napoleon?? Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
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