@jorgegarcia
Bunker busters a sign US thinks Iran keeping weapons deep underground
News that the US is using 5,000lb (2270kg) bunker busters is further evidence that it thinks Iran keeps many of its weapons buried deep underground.
US Central Command (Centcom) did not specify which penetrators it used against what it called hardened Iranian missile sites along Iran’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz.
But there are two known variants that fit the criteria: the GBU (Guided Bomb Unit)-28 laser-guided bomb and the newer GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator. The latter is the one more likely to have been deployed.
First tested in 2021, the bomb is a large Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) free-fall precision munition guided to target by satellites and Inertial Navigation System.
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