quote, inside syria. that s a double-edged sword, because both russia and iran have been helping to rearm sirria the assad regime. those are those in israel and the united states who believe that syria s weakness and distraction internally could be the moment to go after iran militarily because syria could not come to iran s help. the bottom line as gillian said, as was wrote in the new york times yesterday. it s 1,000 miles for israel to get to tehran. they do not have great refueling capacity. i m told that they have about seven refueling planes for mid-air refueling on the way. they have to carry 5,000-pound bombs which are not guaranteed to be enough bunker buster to get to the underground facilities. and it is unclear that israel and the united states know where everything is. although they say the intelligence is very, very good. so it s not easy. they might get a wink and a nod and even help on refueling from the saudis, they re not going to be able to fly north through turk
sanctions on iran and on thursday, the state department explained iran s intentions like this. they are living in a state with a government that would rather spend money on a nuclear weapons program than on the welfare of its people. as things heed up in iran, the pentagon is readying 20 of its 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs. they asked for and received $81 million in reallocated money from congress for urgent upgrades to the massive ordinance penetrators. the air force s chief of staff says the orders for the weapons have nothing to do with what s happening in iran and it is worth pointing out that the underground facility where iran says it s enriching uranium is believed to be out of a bunker buster s range. eric? eric: wow. peter doocy reporting from washington. we ll have a lot more about this tomorrow on america s news headquarters at 11 a.m rudy guiliani will be here to talk iran, the assassination of the nuclear scientists, and what the world can do next.
buster may not be strong enough to reach iran s bunker lab buried deep underground. the defense department has spent $300 million to develop the bomb and so far only 20 have been made. now they are asking for $82 million more to make the bunker buster more effective. the air for us also work to retrofit some b-52 bombers to carry the bomb in case it s ever made. animal rights activists are up in arms over a new movie that features man-eating snarling wolves. reporter: the movie is based on survivors of a plane crash be in alaska that have to fend off the elements and packs of angry wolves. peta says it depicts wolves the
trustees agreed to a 9% tuition hike. police using pepper spray but they say protesters sprayed them first. police eventually putting cuffs on four demonstrators. two officers were injured in the chaos. sometimes the best way to slow down the bad guys is to let them see your gun. some military analysts think that is why the pentagon is suddenly talking about its new super strong, bunker-buster. [explosion] think that is impressive? just a standard bunker-buster with 5,000 pound of explosives. but this new bomb, the new one, has at least 4 to five times more than that particular bomb you just saw in terms of power and it can blow apart 200 feet of concrete. simply put the most powerful bomb of its type in the world. the national correspondent steve centanni live at the
pentagon. like a bunch of guys with shiny toys they want show off, steve. reporter: yeah there is certainly no secret about it. we ve known about this hung bunker-buster for several years. they have now starting to deliver the things to the air force. they are operational. they have been delivered and ready to be used if we ever need them. we have picture of so-called mac, stands for massive ordnance penetrator. weighs 15 tons. carries powerful explosives. its weight helps to penetrate deep underground as deep as 200 feet. the weapon was tested earlier this year in white sand, new mexico. previous versions of the bunker-buster have been tested as well in video we have. this is six times more powerful than the last version of the bunker-buster. it is estimated eight weapons have been delivered to the air force. a air force spokesperson talked about the new capability yesterday.