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bunker buster
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bunker buster
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A bomb that is designed to attack underground fortified positions by penetrating rock or concrete to a certain depth before exploding.
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Noun1.Bunker Buster - a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to penetrate hardened underground facilities
GBU-28, Guided Bomb Unit-28
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The US military used laser-guided bunker-buster bombs during the 1990-91 Gulf War to destroy underground command centres in Iraq.
N Korea blasts US over bunker-buster bombs by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
The US military used laser-guided bunker-buster bombs during the 1990-91 Gulf War to destroy underground command centres in Iraq.
NKorea blasts US over 'bunker-buster' bombs by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
The US military used laser-guided bunker-buster bombs during the 1990-91 Gulf War to destroy underground command centres in Iraq.
NKorea blasts US over 'bunker-buster' bombs by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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