According to Agence France-Presse reported on November 16, United States Air Force spokesman confirmed that they had received a 13.6 tons of giant Earth-penetrating bombs, penetrating strike against targets buried deep underground.
United States Air Force spokesman Colonel Jack Miller (Jack Miller) said that in September, the United States air force started to receive such a giant Earth-penetrating bombs. These bombs a total of 8, the Boeing Company is responsible for production, with a total contract value of $ 32 million (about RMB 200 million).
Agence France-Presse reported that the giant earth penetrator is considered against North Korea or Iran weapon for large bunkers and tunnels, with 2.5 tons of explosives, you can use B-2 stealth bombers carrying, possession of weapons of mass destruction of underground bombing.
An official at the Defense threat reduction Agency (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) and the United States strategic command’s description on the website says, this up to 6 meters, GPS-guided bombs, you can leave the ground before it destroyed weapons of mass destruction, such a bomb can penetrate 61 metre thick reinforced concrete, the power of serving BLU-109 10 times times the Earth-penetrating bombs. United States suspect Iran and North Korea in order to avoid being air raids beginning in 2007 in the underground building nuclear plants, development of weapons of mass destruction.