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Definition of Bunker buster
1. Noun. A 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to penetrate hardened underground facilities.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunker Buster
Literary usage of Bunker buster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm. (1993)
"Time was always a factor in the production of the bunker buster, and all involved
knew that every minute could be the critical one. ..."
2. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities by National Research Council (2006)
"Progress with weapons effects has been made (eg, the development of bunker buster
bombs that can penetrate soil cover to attack buried targets) but advances ..."
3. Effects of Nuclear Earth-penetrator And Other Weapons by Nas (2005)
"... BLU-1 13 Air-launched, 5000 pound, laser-guided “bunker buster” with a 4400
pound penetrating warhead. GBU-24B/D/ BLU-l 16 Advanced Unitary Penetrator ..."
4. Globalistan: How the Globalized World Is Dissolving Into Liquid War by Pepe Escobar (2007)
"... Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) launched 5000 missiles, 5-ton bunker-buster bombs,
cluster bombs and anti-personnel phosphorus bombs each day into Lebanon. ..."
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