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Iran's Underground Nuclear Sites Not Immune to U.S. Bunker-Busters, Experts Say
(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - U.S. military planners are increasingly confident of their ability to deliver a serious blow against Iran's underground nuclear facility in a mountain bunker at Fordow, should the president order an attack. As a matter of physics, Fordow remains far more vulnerable than generally portrayed, said current and former military and intelligence analysts. Massive new "bunker buster" munitions recently added to the U.S. arsenal would not necessarily have to penetrate the deepest bunkers to cause irreparable damage to infrastructure as well as highly sensitive nuclear equipment, likely setting back Iran's program by years, officials said. U.S. confidence has been reinforced by training exercises in which bombers assaulted similar targets in deeply buried bunkers and mountain tunnels, the officials and experts said.