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DEBKAfile: NATO encounters Iran-made armor-piercing EFP road bombs in
Afghanistan like those Tehran sends to Iraq and Hizballah in Lebanon

July 19, 2007, 12:38 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran-made armor-piercing Explosively-Formed Penetrator-EFP

US Col. Thomas Kelly reported finding four of the explosively-formed
projectiles in Herat near the Iranian border and one a month ago in the
capital Kabul. He said Taliban insurgents may have access to the device but
may not yet know how to use them.

DEBKAfile’s military sources reveal that the six Spanish peacekeepers killed
in South Lebanon last month were not attacked by a suicide bomber but an early
version of the armor-piercing EFP disguised as a rock. This model was
developed by Hizballah and widely used with deadly effect against Israeli
forces maintaining a security belt in South Lebanon in the 1980s.

Last week President Bush accused Iran and Hizballah of training Iraqi
insurgents in the use of these weapons against US forces.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in June that "substantial" quantities
of Iranian weapons are flowing into Afghanistan and that it was difficult to
believe the Iranian government was not aware of it.

Wednesday, July 18, British lawmakers said NATO must commit more troops to
Afghanistan if it is to succeed. The 7,100 UK troops fighting in the country
in the country, U.K. Defense Secretary Des Browne agreed and said he is asking
allies for more support in Afghanistan, but said pulling out the 7,100 British
troops fighting there “is the wrong thing to do.”

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DEBKAfile reports: US Air Force B-2 Stealth bombers will soon be fitted with
newly-developed 15-tonne Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs

July 23, 2007, 10:05 AM (GMT+02:00)
New Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb

American military sources say the gigantic new bunker-blaster is designed to hit
fortified underground targets such as Iran’s uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz.

It will be capable of drilling through many meters of earth or concrete. When it
falls from a high altitude, the MOP – composed of 20% explosives, 80% hardened
metal - will punch a hole in the toughest protective casing before exploding in
depth. It is GPS guided.

DEBKAfile’s military sources reveal that Israel’s RAFAEL has upgraded its
US-made SPICE air-to-ground missile, adding a stand-off precision guidance kit.

This kit has been cleared for the US-made BLU-109 penetrator warhead, carried by
Israeli warplanes, which is rated one of the top-line US weapons capable of
hitting fortified targets from the air or warship.

Its effective drop range has been extended from 60km to 90km enabling Israeli
warplanes to release the missile to target from outside enemy territory without
being exposed to air defense fire.

The Israel-made PGM cannot be jammed since it does not depend on coordinates
which can be falsified. After the targets are loaded into the bomb’s computer
and dropped, it navigates and guides itself without pilot intervention and
cannot therefore be diverted in mid-flight.

The unveiling of these super-weapons comes shortly after satellite pictures
showed new digging efforts in the mountains just outside Iran’s Natanz facility.
Analysts worldwide believe a tunnel complex is under development.

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