By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-28 22:02:29 | Updated at 2024-09-30 11:36:11
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2,000-Pound Bombs Likely Used in Attack That Killed Nasrallah, Video Shows
NY Times ^ | Sep 28, 2024 | Aric Toler and Riley Mellen
Posted on 09/28/2024 2:55:34 PM PDT by McGruff
A video published by the Israeli military showed that planes it said were used in the attack that killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday night carried 2,000-pound bombs, according to munitions experts and a New York Times analysis.
The video showed eight planes fitted with at least 15 2,000-pound bombs, including the American-manufactured BLU-109 with a JDAM kit, a precision guidance system that attaches to bombs, according to Trevor Ball, a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician. These bombs, a type of munition known as bunker busters, can penetrate underground before detonating.
In May, the Biden administration announced it had paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel because of concerns over civilian safety in Gaza.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Hezbollah; Iran; Israel; Lebanon; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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1 posted on 09/28/2024 2:55:34 PM PDT by McGruff
2 posted on 09/28/2024 2:56:09 PM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
To: McGruff
3 posted on 09/28/2024 2:56:18 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
To: McGruff
Cockroaches are hard to kill.
4 posted on 09/28/2024 2:57:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: McGruff
Biden concerned “over civilian safety in Gaza” ... the heck with Israel’s civilian safety over terrorists’ attacks.
5 posted on 09/28/2024 2:58:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
To: McGruff
6 posted on 09/28/2024 2:58:52 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
To: everyone
Two senior Israeli defense officials told The Times that more than 80 bombs were dropped over a period of several minutes to kill Mr. Nasrallah, but did not confirm the type of munitions used.
7 posted on 09/28/2024 2:58:58 PM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
To: McGruff
I am remarkably comfortable with this action.
One more 3rd world terrorist dead.
8 posted on 09/28/2024 3:00:46 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
To: McGruff
Francois: What kind of bomb was it?
Inspector Clouseau: The exploding kind!
9 posted on 09/28/2024 3:01:22 PM PDT by xp38
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