New technology set to come on line

[PatekPhilippe]

Pentagon speeds up work on 15-ton bomb - Military- msnbc.com
A 30,000 lb bunker buster....and not a moment too soon. The Democrats tried to kill it back in 2007...

but Obama rightly brought the program back up to speed.

 

[waltky]

Defeating armor-piercing bullets...

New Armor Material Turns Armor-piercing Bullets ‘Into Dust’
April 11, 2016 - A new material might be strong enough to render even an armor-piercing bullet harmless.

Researchers at North Carolina State University say they’ve developed a composite metal foam that would turn the bullet “into dust on impact.” The CMF is lighter than metal and could revolutionize body and vehicle armor. CMF is also able to withstand fire and heat twice as much plain metals.

A 7.62 x 63 millimeter is pulverized upon impact with a composite metal foam armor plate.​

“We could stop the bullet at a total thickness of less than an inch, while the indentation on the back was less than 8 millimeters,” said Afsaneh Rabiei, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State. “To put that in context, the NIJ standard allows up to 44 millimeters indentation in the back of an armor.”

The researchers said the new, strong material could have applications outside armor, such as “space exploration to shipping nuclear waste require a material to be not only light and strong, but also capable of withstanding extremely high temperatures and blocking radiation.”

Here's a video of the bullet hitting a plate:

New Armor Material Turns Armor-piercing Bullets ‘Into Dust’

 

[xband]

You don't need a bunker buster to kill everyone inside the bunker. White Phosphorus sucks the oxygen out of the air that is legal under the Geneva Convention to light up the target but not to kill the target. Also known as Willie Peter.

 

[there4eyeM]

Only useful on bunkers that weigh more than 13,600 kilograms.