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From: rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Falconer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: GBU-28 Use Confirmed by NPR
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Date: 19 May 91 22:05:24 GMT
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From: rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Falconer)


	I'm not sure that we're talking about the same bunker buster,
but there was a piece on the NBC evening news about two weeks ago on
the deep-penetrating weapon which was developed in great haste, if
indeed that is the GBU-28. This weapon was not delivered by an F-117,
as the previous post had it, nor were two such bombs on each plane.
A brief interview with a pilot who dropped the first one indicated
that it was carried by an F-15 (E model, presumably) - one bomb per
aircraft. The pilot's comment was that the weapon was extremely heavy
and clumsy in external carriage, noticably affecting the flying
characteristics of the Eagle.

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Russ Teasdale -- rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU