Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bellcore!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: raob@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (richard oxbrow) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Bunker Busting Message-ID: <1991Jan24.032734.18567@cbnews.att.com> Date: 24 Jan 91 03:27:34 GMT References: <1991Jan23.033507.1302@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne Lines: 26 Approved: military@att.att.com From: raob@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (richard oxbrow) In article <1991Jan23.033507.1302@cbnews.att.com> MEDELMA@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU (Michael Edelman) writes: > > >From: Michael Edelman > >I recall the "earthquake" and "Grand Slam" bombs of WWII- already mentioned >on this list- that were developed by the same fellow who invented the >skip bombs used on the Ruhr dams, and delivered by the same bomb group. >Do we have anything in our arsenal today that performs the same function? > I believe the US still has such a weapon which it developed specifically for digging out similar soviet bunkers, however i believe they are all destined for the scrap heap. The Pershing 2 was designed with a special warhead penerating warhead but it probably only comes with an atomic payload. richard oxbrow |internet raob@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU dept. ee eng, uni of melbourne |uunet ..!uunet!munnari!mullian!raob parkville victoria 3052 |fax +[613] 344 6678 australia |phone +[613] 344 6782