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<\/a>Alex Fishman, Yediot\u2019s security correspondent, reports that the Pentagon spent millions of dollars to build an exact replica of an Iranian underground nuclear facility in the U.S.\u00a0 I presume we\u2019re talking about the Fordo complex.\u00a0 It then armed a B-2 bomber with a new type of bunker buster bomb, which was used to great success in entirely destroying the facility.\u00a0 The goal of the field exercise was to prove to U.S. allies (read, \u201cIsrael\u201d) that our military had sufficient weaponry and delivery capability to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat if and when we decided that this was necessary.\u00a0 In other words, the mission was to remove any possibility that Bibi Netanyahu could argue that Israel had to do the job itself because the U.S. either couldn\u2019t or wouldn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Fishman describes in great detail the provisions for the test, indicating he had a very knowledgeable source.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing it was either Dan Shapiro or perhaps the U.S. military attach\u00e9.\u00a0 There is also a chance his sources were within the Israeli military: specifically those opposed to a unilateral Israeli strike.\u00a0 That might explain why, in his article he never mentions the test was meant to convince Israeli officials.\u00a0 He uses the oblique term, \u201cfriendly states\u201d to describe Israel.\u00a0 This might indicate he was skirting the military censor.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Though the U.S. was loath to use one of the special new weapons because of its extremely high $3.5-million cost (the overall cost of developing the new weapon was $500-million).\u00a0 The military determined that it would be money well spent if it could persuade Israel to restrain itself from an attack.\u00a0 The size of the munition was six times greater than any other known bunker buster.\u00a0 It weighs 13 tons and has a speed of penetration two times greater than the speed of sound at a rate of accuracy of five meters.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n American officials meeting with their Israeli counterparts have assured them that looming cuts in the defense budget will not effect this program, which is one of the president\u2019s top priorities.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n As with almost everything regarding Iran, Israel and the U.S., much is play-acting and posturing.\u00a0 This announcement too is part of the game.\u00a0 Obama understands the absolute mess an Israeli attack would cause.\u00a0 He can see how unstable the region is with Syria currently in shambles.\u00a0 The last thing he needs is yet another match lit under this tinderbox.\u00a0 So he tells his generals to prepare a grand field demonstration of American might that will persuade the IDF, and more importantly the war-party within the current government, that it doesn\u2019t need to attack, since we can do the job quite nicely, thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Fishman reports the Pentagon test involved the most advanced version of bunker buster bomb, first developed in July 2012.\u00a0 It\u2019s named the GB<\/strong><\/span>U<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/strong><\/span>57B and is so heavy it can only be delivered by a B-2 bomber.\u00a0 The bomb succeeded in penetrating not only the dirt and rock protective barriers, but the concrete roof of the underground facility.\u00a0 What remained was an entirely obliterated complex.<\/span><\/p>\n