We need a “surprising” B-2 bomber to attack Iran’s underground fold site
If the US proceeds with its decision to take Iran’s very deep underground, it will need special bomber aircraft with “notable” capabilities. Fordow Nuclear Facilitiesa retired Air Force official told Fox News.
Lt. Gen. Mark Weatherlington, a retired former commander of the 8th Air Force, piloted the B-2 bomber, said it was the only vessel capable of carrying and dropping the 30,000-pound mop (a giant weapon intruder) needed for such a surgery.
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“B-2 is A very unique aircraft from the American Arsenal. There is no other plane like that. No one else in the world has this type of ability. It is a low observable aircraft with a large payload. Extreme range. And (the only aircraft that can carry the GBU-57, the big 30,000-pound bunkerbuster weapon we’re discussing today,” Wetherington told Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin.
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Wetherington said his main background was bomber aircraft, piloting B-1, B-2 and B-52.
“The B-2 is an incredible plane, and is very technologically advanced. It’s a flight wing. It handles very well. It’s not as fast as some of the other aircraft in stock, but is designed to avoid radar, avoid detection, and manage signatures.
Wetherington said the flight would be like that. Approximately 6,000 miles To do it, and multiple refueling is required. The B-2 is not completely silent, but is programmed to avoid detection, the general said.
He said extracting the Fordow is “a very complicated mission.”
In response to the Russian and Chinese claims that it matches the B-2’s air force, Wetherington said that while the two countries are developing similar aircraft, the Air Force still has the ability of other air forces around the world to disagree. B-2 is generated by Northrop-Grumman.
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Griffin also spoke with former Centcom Intel officer Todd Sawhill, a naval intelligence advisor to the joint staff of Middle Eastern targets.
Sawhill said it is still unknown whether MOP can destroy Fordows, but it will be properly expanded and “absolutely” reduce the correct coordinates of Monitions.
“But in those cases there are variables,” he said.
The report shows that the MOP has the ability to be 200 feet deep, with the Fordow below the mountainside 300 feet below, and can be used to compensate for the additional depth using “multiple hits” scenarios or other strategies.
“Like other operations, as we’ve been involved in multiple strike operations in the region for the majority of the last 20 years, much of this depends on whether the tactics were carried out correctly and whether the ammunition was carried out in the way that was supposed to be,” he said.
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Sawhill pointed out that it is unlikely that the B-2 will be hopscotted overseas and will be held at any number of locations there. A 6,000-mile journey from Whiteman will be your best option.
“It is unlikely that we will place a B-2 advance stage in the Middle East, especially in situations like these where tensions continue to escalate and where there is a high risk of miscalculation, it will be responsible for increasing vulnerability to attacks,” he said.
“We want to keep these strategic assets far apart, so we can make sure they can be used at one and on the location of our choice.”