Will Trump’s bunker buster bombs punch through Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain?
Conventional bombs explode on or near a target surface, with the explosion and fragments, e.g. shrapnel, rendering the bomb’s damage. Why is Trump targeting Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site? Here’s what we knowBunker buster bombsThe need to bomb targets under a thick layer of earth led scientists to invent bunker buster bombs.
- ▪Conventional bombs explode on or near a target surface, with the explosion and fragments, e.g. shrapnel, rendering the bomb’s damage.
- ▪Why is Trump targeting Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site?
- ▪Here’s what we knowBunker buster bombsThe need to bomb targets under a thick layer of earth led scientists to invent bunker buster bombs.
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Conventional bombs explode on or near a target surface, with the explosion and fragments, e.g. shrapnel, rendering the bomb’s damage. But when a target is buried deep under a mountain, the soil and rock mass surrounding it can absorb enough of the blast’s energy to keep the target from being damaged too much.This is the situation facing the Donald Trump administration as it mulls plans to bomb Pickaxe Mountain in Iran, where The Wall Street Journal has reported Israel believes Tehran has moved several centrifuges — the machines that purify uranium to make an a-bomb. Why is Trump targeting Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site? Here’s what we knowBunker buster bombsThe need to bomb targets under a thick layer of earth led scientists to invent bunker buster bombs.
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