(ret.) Charles Wald, a co-chair of the task force, in a statement released with the report. "…(W)hile we do not advocate an Israeli military strike, we believe a more credible Israeli threat can only increase the pressure on Iran to negotiate," said Air Force Gen. GBU-31 "bunker buster" bombs to add to its existing stockpile of about 100 bunker-buster GBU-28 munitions. The Bipartisan Policy Center 01 February 2012 said that Washington should supply Israel with 200 more advanced all-weather precise GBU-31 bunker busters which utilizes a GPS tailkit. The $71 million arms deal was finalized in November, and all of the laser-guided bombs are to be provided in 2013.
On 06 December 2011 it was reported that the United States had authorized the export of 150 GBU-28 bunker-buster bombs to South Korea that could be dropped from F-15K fighter planes to destroy North Korean missiles and other weapons kept in subterranean facilities.
During the November 2009 Executive Session of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG), US and Israeli counterparts discussed the upcoming delivery of GBU-28 bunker busting bombs to Israel, noting that the transfer should be handled quietly to avoid any allegations that the USG is helping Israel prepare for a strike against Iran.
Reversing the Bush Administration policy, the Obama administration provided Israel with a limited number of GBU-28 bunker buster bombs.
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