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The Amiriyah shelter was used in the Iran–Iraq War and the Gulf War by hundreds of civilians. According to the U.S. military, the shelter at Amiriyah had been targeted because it fit the profile of a military command center; electronic signals from the locality had been reported as coming from the site, and spy satellites had observed people and vehicles moving in, and out of the shelter.
The facilities were divided into two categories: "surface" and "underground". The "surface" facilities were actually the "softest", and included maintenance hangars of metal construction, and HAS of concrete construction. In total, the Yugoslavs have built no less but 200 HAS on different airfields in Iraq during the 1980s.
A U.S. government aerial photo of munitions bunkers at Al Qa'qaa, 17 March 2003. The Al Qa'qaa high explosives controversy concerns the possible removal of about 377 tonnes of high explosives (HMX and RDX) from the Al Qa'qaa facility by the Iraqi insurgency, after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
As the managing director of Vivos, a Del Mar, Calif.-based company that's building a network of luxury bunkers throughout the U.S., Vicino and his firm sell shares in 200-person underground pods ...
The Air Force posted images of the bombs on the Facebook page for Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. The base is home to the fleet of B-2 stealth bombers, the only aircraft that can deploy the bomb.
The GBU-28 (Guided Bomb Unit‐28) is a 4,000-pound (1,800 kg) class laser-guided "bunker busting" bomb produced originally by the Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York. It was designed, manufactured, and deployed in less than three weeks due to an urgent need during Operation Desert Storm to penetrate hardened Iraqi command centers located ...
Bunker Name: Survival Condos Location: Kansas, U.S. Estimated Cost: Units start at $3 million. Larry Hall, an engineer-turned-property-developer, transformed decommissioned missile silos into ...
As-Salam Palace was taken over by coalition forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The palace was significantly damaged during the shock and awe campaign, sustaining several airstrike attacks. [ citation needed ] The palace served as headquarters for the Joint Area Support Group, and was known to coalition forces as Camp Prosperity and ...