Stardate 20011203.1520 (On Screen): Michael sends in this link to an article which describes how American military engineers are scrambling to come up with weapons which drastically improve on the GBU-28 "Bunker Buster". It's hardly surprising, given the lineage. The GBU-28 itself was ad-libbed during the Gulf War and though used during that conflict only became a standard part of the arsenal afterwards. The GBU-28 is quite crude, really, and they're looking at things like designing better casings which can penetrate further, different kinds of charges which might be more damaging, and must smarter fuses which will select the best possible time to detonate.
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