US close to testing massive "bunker-busting" missile

[tocqueville]

US close to testing massive "bunker-busting" missile: New Scientist 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

PARIS (AFP) - The United States is close to testing a new missile aimed at destroying deep bunkers where suspected weapons of mass destruction are stored, the British weekly New Scientist says.

Four prototypes of the new "bunker-buster" will be tested later this year by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control of Dallas, Texas, which are working with US Navy scientists on behalf of the Pentagon's Threat Reduction Agency, it says.

Traditional bunker bombs are streamlined bombs whose sheer weight enables them to force through soil, rock or concrete before they detonate.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1539&e=2&u=/afp/20050713/sc_afp/scienceusweapons_050713180446

[rumpel]

1. I would be interested to know where, what State the test will be. Is it in

any way new killa?

[Double T]

2. Who's got weapons of mass destruction?????

I guess as long as they are in the hands of god fearing christians, we have nothing to worry about, or do we?????????

[liveoaktx]

3. Sounds like RNEP -Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator-a nuclear weapon

http://www.nukewatch.org/facts/nwd/RNEPFactSheetLowRes.pdf

Same thing but not using the name?

[carlvs]

4. Sorry to disappoint you...

But going by the article, this sounds like a non-nuclear device. What's different is the method the bomb is using to penetrate through the earth (using speed and a special nose cone design to move material out of the way, instead of just using sheer weight like current deep-penetrating weapons.)

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. This is just so wrong