Stealth Bombers and 30,000 Pound Bunker Busters

Two minutes later, the sky tears open. High above, at 50,000ft, two B2 Spirit stealth

bombers cruise silently through the thin air. They launched from Whiteman Air Force

base in Missouri 12 hours ago, refueling mid air over the Atlantic in a delicate dance

of fuel probes and jet wash. These are $2.1 billion aircraft, flying wings that

appear as nothing more than birds on radar screens. Their bomb bays open with a hydraulic

hiss. Between them. They drop four GBU 57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.

These are not normal bombs. They are 30,000 pound monsters. Precision guided

bunker busters designed to survive the impact with the earth and punch through 200ft of reinforced concrete