NEW: Amid reports that America's bunker-busters may not have destroyed the deeply-buried site at Fordo, here's a look at the science of earth-penetrating weapons. It turns out geology matters a lot. www.npr.org/2025/06/25/n... - ThreadSky

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gbrumfiel.bsky.social • 1 day ago

NEW: Amid reports that America's bunker-busters may not have destroyed the deeply-buried site at Fordo, here's a look at the science of earth-penetrating weapons.

It turns out geology matters a lot.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/25/nx-s1-5444307/did-america-bunker-busting-bombs-fail-reach-iran-nuclear-target

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patrickmccray.bsky.social•1 day ago

A great reminder that nature (and science) always bats last

moordeifl.bsky.social•1 day ago

to ppl like trumpians geology is just a vague concept

jnavas.com•1 day ago

Why America's giant bunker-busting bombs may have failed to reach their target : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/25/nx-s1-5444307/did-america-bunker-busting-bombs-fail-reach-iran-nuclear-target
"It depends enormously on the kind of rock"

phonon.bsky.social•1 day ago

gergyl.bsky.social•1 day ago

What a surprise.

(Sorry, but the crazy idea about that 'anything can be penetrated' is absurd to anyone who knows even a little bit of tunnelling engineering.)

fagankara.bsky.social•1 day ago

“In fact, going deeper is a simple solution to the threat of bunker-busters. A major conclusion from the 2005 study was that "it's cheaper and easier for someone to dig deeper than it is to penetrate through that depth," he says.”

ratjohnny.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hold the phone - they didn't put their super valuable facility under silty clay? Crazy

prbnyc.bsky.social•1 day ago

The narcissism is metastasizing across the White House: "The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

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