Asher Katz · X Article
Return of the Nuke: The Physics Bringing Nuclear Bunker Busters Back
Conventional bunker busters hit a hard physical wall against the deepest facilities. That wall is exactly why nuclear earth penetrators keep getting discussed again.
Fordow sits under an estimated 80 to 90 meters of rock, and the 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator does not go through that. In this piece, Asher Katz traces the 80-year loop between deeper bunkers and bigger bombs, and explains why the physics of rock keeps pushing the debate back toward nuclear earth penetrators.
Read the full article on X: why conventional penetrators hit a physical limit against the deepest facilities, and why this dangerous stalemate has to be addressed.
