Bunker-busters being stockpiled at Diego Garcia

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Bunker-busters being stockpiled at Diego Garcia

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Published on 14 Mar 2010

Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran.

The Sunday Herald can reveal that the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to a cargo manifest from the US navy, this included 387 “Blu” bombs used for blasting hardened or underground structures.

Experts say that they are being put in place for an assault on Iran’s controversial nuclear facilities. There has long been speculation that the US military is preparing for such an attack, should diplomacy fail to persuade Iran not to make nuclear weapons.
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Other media sources stated these weapons were to be stored at an undisclosed location in Israel,but President Obama has directed they be transferred to Diego Garcia instead.
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