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Top US commander in the Middle East says he needs more bunker busters because 'everybody is going underground'
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Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command, states that he requires additional bunker-busting weapons to target adversaries' deeply buried infrastructure, citing increased underground repositioning by regional actors and noting previous US use of GBU-57 bunker busters against Iranian facilities.
Top US commander in the Middle East says he needs more bunker busters because 'everybody is going underground'
GBU-57s were used during Operation Midnight Hammer to hit Iranian nuclear facilities.
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Adm. Brad Cooper said CENTCOM needs more weapons for deeply buried targets.
He said US adversaries are increasingly moving key assets underground.
The US first used GBU-57 bunker busters in combat against Iran last year.
The top US commander overseeing forces in the Middle East says he needs more weapons for striking hardened targets buried deep underground.
The US used its largest conventi
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