bunkerbuster: not just for nukes

[citizenQ]

>cpaul writes:
>
>> THE US 'ANNOUNCED' THEIR INTENTION TO USE B61-11 BUNKER BUSTERS ON LAST
>> NIGHT'S NEWS BULLETINS (BUT SOMEHOW FORGOT TO REFER TO THE FACT THAT THEY
>> ARE CLASSIFIED AS TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS)
>

Confirmation?

>Yes, I noticed this as well.  I wonder how many euphemisms we will now
>hear for the word "nuclear" until the American public is informed after
>the fact how wonderfully the weapons have worked.
>

Possibly confused with this bunker buster:
Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) 
BLU-113 Penetrator 

The Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) is a special weapon developed for penetrating hardened Iraqi command centers located deep underground. The GBU-28 is a 5,000-pound
laser-guided conventional munition that uses a 4,400-pound penetrating warhead. The bombs are modified Army artillery tubes, weigh 4,637 pounds, and contain 630 pounds of
high explosives. They are fitted with GBU-27 LGB kits, 14.5 inches in diameter and almost 19 feet long. The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the
munition guides to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target. 

Much more likely.  Hard to imagine a scenario where tacnukes would be deployed.  

>These things are TOUGH MOTHER FUCKER that go big boom.
>
>-Max
>
>http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/n19980326_980417.html
>
>EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFNS) -- A B-2 Spirit bomber dropped two 
>B61-11 bomb shells to test their improved ground penetration capability 
>March 17 at the Stuart Creek Impact Area, 35 miles southeast of Fairbanks.