Israel Matzav: Barak: Iranian reactor at Qom immune to 'regular' strike

Barak: Iranian reactor at Qom immune to 'regular' strike

Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that Iran's nuclear facility at Qom is immune to a 'regular' strike.

If he elaborated, it hasn't been reported in the media here. Iran's recently-revealed uranium enrichment site at Qom "has been under construction for years, and is hidden in bunkers which are immune to a regular strike," Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.

He also mentioned recent clashes between opposition protesters and Iranian security forces, which he called "the crushing of civilians by the regime."

"The free world isn't doing enough," he stated.

Arutz Sheva notes specifically that Barak did not mention the prospect of a nuclear strike on Qom.

But if Qom is immune to a 'regular' strike, it would seem that there could be two ways to destroy it. One would be a nuclear strike. The other would be a giant bunker buster. Too bad deployment of the giant bunker buster has been delayed to December 2010. Could Israel have developed its own Massive Ordnance Penetrator (the formal name for the giant bunker buster)? Hmmm.

Israel Matzav: Barak: Iranian reactor at Qom immune to 'regular' strike