I thought I’d supply a Wiki link showing a “bunker busting” missile on an underground complex.

The links that will be fetched off the web are old explanations of such technology, but as in everything tech, its been improved to quite an extent.

http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/new_nuclear_weapons/loyieldearthpenwpnrpt.html

Carl Nemo **==

I thought I’d supply a Wiki link showing some photo’s of the B61 nuke. Actually it’s quite beautiful in its design regardless of the ugly consequences relative to its delivery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb

People have to ponder the destructive force of simply 5,000 tons of TNT delivered to their doorstep via one of these weps…! / : |

You are in a bunker several hundred feet underground and this puppy goes off within 50ft. It’s hasta la vista babeeee!

Carl Nemo **==

You are correct the article is old, but I’ve tried to pass on a non-classified overview of the state of mini-nukes to date via my commentary. The point being we didnt’ stop at the limitations of the B61-11 and have not violated the intent of the ’93′ treaty in terms of developing weps below the 5kt threshold. Besides, whats’ the point? Below 5kt’s you’ve moved into the zone of questionable efficiency relative to the mission.

You can do some data mining and come up with more info on this subject.

Attache’ case sized nuke delivery systems are an entirely different subject.

Carl Nemo **==

The way we’ve gotten around this is to stick to a nominal 5 kt (kiloton) bunker buster design the B61-11 which has been refined since it’s emergence as a concept. The problem is that original designs were only able to penetrate to depths of 20ft prior to detonation whereas newer versions act like a shaped charge delivering most of its released energy downward due to improved earth penetration and detonation characteristics. The way its achieved is by having the delivery system achieve a very high altitude then accelerated downward into the target driving the physically hardened warhead into the ground very deeply prior to detonation.

http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/mininukes.cfm#_ftn4

Carl Nemo **==

I suppose if we concider that, it’s no wonder that Obama has so many choices of important things to accomplish, and has been so succesful at “rebuilding” the American image overseas.

Unlike bush, I think Obama can afford to take a well deserved family vacation for a week.