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Sun Jan-07-07 11:46 AM
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DEMS MUST STOP ATTACK! Nuclear bunker buster dropped on Iran would kill 100,000's.

This animation from Union of Concerned Scientists animation depicts what would happen to Iran, Pakistan, India with a nuclear bunker buster weapon with a one megaton yield - which could kill 3 million people within two weaks. The funding for this weapon was cut in 2005 defense appropriations.

However, the United States still has a B61-11 nuclear 'bunker buster' in its arsenal which has a 400 kiloton yield, which could still cause 100,000's of deaths and spread radiation to other countries.

Nuclear Bunker Buster Animation

Earth-Penetrating Weapons

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For example, exploding a 10-kiloton nuclear weapon at a depth of one meter would increase the effective yield by a factor of 20, resulting in underground damage equivalent to that of a 200-kiloton weapon exploded at the surface of the ground. But increasing the penetration depth to five meters would only increase the effective yield by an additional 60%, to 320 kilotons.

Nevertheless, even nuclear weapons have limited effectiveness at destroying the deepest or widely separated underground bunkers. For example, an earth penetrating weapon using the 1.2 megaton B83 warhead�the highest yield weapon in the U.S. nuclear stockpile�could crush underground bunkers to a depth of about 1000 feet. Deeper bunkers can be constructed with modern tunneling equipment, and are essentially invulnerable to nuclear attack.

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For example, the new nuclear earth penetrator that the United States plans to research would use a 1.2-megaton weapon. According to a simulation using software developed for the Pentagon, if one of these weapons were used against the underground nuclear facility in Esfahan, Iran, 3 million people would be killed by radiation within 2 weeks of the explosion, and 35 million people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India would be exposed to increased levels of cancer-causing radiation.

Note to Dems:

YOU ARE BEING LIED TO AND MANIPULATED SO THAT YOU WILL GO ALONG WITH KILLING 100,000's OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT IS A DECADE AWAY FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR BOMB.

THIS ACTION IS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUR WEALTHY DEFENSE-INDUSTRY-FRIENDS' PROFITS.

YOU ARE SIGNING THE DEATH WARRANTS OF AMERICANS AND ISRAELIS TOO AS YOU CONTINUE TO SPEW YOUR HEATED RHETORIC ABOUT IRAN - AN ATTACK WILL BE MET WITH RETRIBUTION.

THE BLOOD WILL BE ALL OVER YOU.

Israeli General says to depend on Hillary or dems to help with attack on Iran.

Democrats: Nuclear Iran unacceptable

Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position.

The Maryland Democrat said the view is shared by his party, rejecting assertions that the Democrats would be weaker than the Republicans on Iran.

He also said that the use of force against Teheran remained an option.