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Air Force

Pentagon May Finish Hard and Deeply Buried Targets Study This Spring

Frank Wolfe

Friday, March 10th, 2023

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Pentagon May Finish Hard and Deeply Buried Targets Study This Spring

B-2 Spirit stealth bombers assigned to Whiteman AFB, Mo. taxi and take-off during exercise Spirit Vigilance on Nov. 7 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Pentagon may finish a study on a strategy to defeat Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBTs) this spring, the head of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) said this week at a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing. "Right now, the B83 is still part of my arsenal with the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] language that limits the reduction of that [B83] so I still have that capacity and capability, pending the results of the Hard and Deeply Buried [Targets]…

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Congress

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