New article that mentions the test:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article356679.ece

One option under consideration, Mr Hersh reports, involves the possible use of a B61 nuclear “bunker-buster” bomb against Iran’s main centrifuge plant, at Natanz. Last week the Federation of American Scientists alleged that a weapons test to be carried out in the Nevada desert in June was designed to simulate the effects of just such a bomb. Conventional explosives would be used, it said, for “a low-yield nuclear weapon ground shock simulation against an underground target”.

Not entitrely:

There are still dedicated SAR teams out there, the NOPD and Mil are being pulled off to keep NO from becoming Mogadishu.

The White house is visible on Google Earth, though they have put a false “roof” over it to block out all the nifty gadgets up there. You can still see the general outline of the building however.

My grandfather was part of the glider infantry. Wounded in the Battle of the Bulge (thunder from heaven). Before he died a decade or so ago, he told me a few things about those gliders. He said a lot of men would die on them whern the gliders would stop, but the jeep that they were carrying would continue on through the front….

As long as it is historically accurate, I have no problem with it.

Unlike 707, 767 never was a huge civilian success, so the chances of repeating its success on military fields are rather small. Could be wrong, though.

The 767 has sold nearly 1,000 units, and it’s not a success? That’s like the entire production of the DC-10, MD-11 and L-1011 combined! Maybe even throwing in the VC-10 too.

No, that’s the edge between the LERX and the LEF.

I’ll have to disagree with you both there. Looks to be located very close to the wingtip pylon. Much too far back for the LERX/LEF area, and too far outboard for the wing fence (supposedly located at the hinge).

The problem is that most large fleets of DC-10 have aready been split up. In any case, witht he DC-10, you run into the same problems of the A330- the USAF contending that they take up too much ramp space.

Seems like the maximum lifespan of the DC-10 seems to be 130,000 hours, or close to 48,000 cycles. In theory, a -10 with 50-60k hours on it would last plenty long at a utilization rate of 1000 hours a year.

It could be “oil dry” kitty-litter type absorbent clay.

The DC-9 (just a baby, 1976 vintage) is almost certainly a write-off.

The 319 however seems to have some pretty extensive wing damage. It’ll definitely be out of service for a long time. And if the wing spar and rear pressure bulkhead are damaged… it may not fare so well either.