Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Budget Research and Plan, FY2005-FY2009

Abstract

Earth penetrator weapons, often called "bunkerbusters," burrow into the ground some tens of feet before detonating, greatly increasing their ability to destroy buried targets. The United States has several types of conventional earth penetrators. The current U.S. nuclear earth penetrator, the B61-11 bomb, cannot penetrate certain types of terrain in which hardened underground facilities may be located, so the Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are studying a more effective penetrator, the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 10, 2005
Accession Number
ADA474450

Entities

People

  • Jonathan E. Medalia

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bombs
  • Bunker Buster Bombs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Guidance
  • Military Requirements
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Penetrator Munitions
  • Production
  • Production Engineering
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.