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Mike Levin: The so-called bunker busters, which is a total misnomer in my book because these are city busters--they may indeed be…

On the recordMay 20, 2003
The so-called bunker busters, which is a total misnomer in my book because these are city busters--they may indeed be nation busters or world busters, but nevertheless the so-called bunker busters are two weapons. There is a so-called B-61 weapon, which is about the power of 28 Hiroshimas, and the other one is the B-83, which is up to 71 Hiroshima weapons, in terms of power.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing the destructive power of bunker buster bombs.

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