re: #5 sliv_the_eli

Ever watch a boxing match? Jabs to the head and body are the way to go, but they only get you so far. Eventually you also need the ability to deliver a knockout punch. That is part of the bunker buster’s purpose. In an era of spy satellites, you can be sure that your enemies are placing some of their key infrastructure underground. It helps to have the ability to reach and destroy that key infrastructure.

yes, I watch boxing matches and they do not serve as a lesson for fighting a war.

You sound like you think going to war like the way you are advocating is some sort of cheap adventure? Until we can come up with robot planes that can carry these huge bombs while evading SAMs that ain’t the case.