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Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by ramshanker on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @04:32PM (#44370714)
Moreover, I read the wiki ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-57A/B_MOP ) that 60m penetration specification is for ~35MPA concrete. And good basalt rocks easily go 100MPA. So if Iranians choose just good Mountain, and there are plenty of them...... Mother earth is really strong some places.
Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by mgiampapa on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @04:54PM (#44370937)
That's probably why they targeted the air duct system. It's already been cut and provides a blast channel.
Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by mrtksn on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @06:00PM (#44371522)
They probably have blast doors on those and USA made it very clear on Flightradar24 that the bombers are coming, lock the doors.

I would assume that this thing is entirely compartmentalized, so to destroy everything you will need a bomb in every room.

According to wikipedia, US made around 20 of those bombs and Trump used 14 of those. So %70 of the stockpile is gone in one go.

Especially on the main site they dropped 3 bobs per strike location, so at best they could have destroyed 2 compartments with 6 bombs. If those were able to penetrate of course.

Honestly, it looks like it was a show like the one where Trump fights professional fighters on the ring. Just significantly more expensive.

Maybe they should just generate those images in AI, would be much more cost effective propaganda.

Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by haiku2077 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @01:55AM (#44374016)
> According to wikipedia

Wikipedia says "at least 20" and cites a source that says the exact number is unknown.

In general Wikipedia is an extremely inaccurate source for military aviation. I have found while following the citations that information is routinely entirely fabricated in this topic, with unrelated or marginally related citations added without quotes to make them seem plausible.

Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by haiku2077 on Thursday June 26, 2025 @02:31PM (#44390009)
And now we've learned that these weapons were purpose designed and built specifically for this mission back during the Obama administration:

https://www.twz.com/air/gbu-57-massive-ordnance-penetrator-s...

As in, the were designed to be dropped on this one particular facility, they're not general purpose weapons.

Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by LastTrain on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @05:01PM (#44371012)
Ah, the Death Star theory
Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by mgiampapa on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @05:42PM (#44371384)
If we had space wizards, the negotiation would be short. Instead we have a crazy orange man saying I will make it legal.
Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by bestouff on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @04:32AM (#44374938)
Or the Top Gun Maverick lookalike.
Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by dilyevsky on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @02:31AM (#44374181)
Also likely softer rock to begin with
Re:Early US Intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did no... by belter on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @06:27AM (#44375639)
You are mixing ft and meters...Do not land on Mars or Europa.

For concrete, ( that the mountain limestone is almost like..) is only 18 meters.

"... analysts at Janes say the weapon can penetrate about 200 ft (60 m) of earth or 60 ft (18 m) of concrete.."