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As U.S. Considers Using Bunker-Buster Bombs, Here’s What It Takes to Hit Iran’s Deepest Nuclear Site
1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Samuel Granados |Junho Lee |Jeremy White |Leanne Abraham
The B-2 can operate at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet. Commercial airliners typically fly at a maximum altitude of 40,000 feet. As it approaches its target, maintaining a speed of approximately 500 miles per hour, a door at the belly of the bomber opens to drop the bomb. GBU-57/BThe GBU-57/B weighs as much as a school bus. The bomb has only been tested before and has never been used in combat. After the bomb is deployed, it uses GPS to reach the target.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Junho Lee |John Ismay
Saturday's military parade in Washington will celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary, but planning documents shared with The New York Times show a focus on President Trump, who turns 79 the same day. Thousands of soldiers will march from the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., to Washington while heavy armored vehicles slowly make their way north from West Potomac Park. The parade will officially kick off once the Army secretary, Daniel P. Driscoll, and chief of staff, Gen.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Junho Lee |J. David Goodman
The creation of the city of Starbase followed one of the nation's more unusual elections. No campaigning took place and there were no yard signs or other evidence of a consequential vote in the area. According to preliminary results, the measure passed by a whopping 212 to 6 - the kind of margin that had been expected but was very unlike most contests in a deeply polarized nation.
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