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  •   Military Forces in the Gulf Region

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    Learn about the Bunker Blaster.

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    Deep in the belly of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier -- now patrolling the Persian Gulf off Iraq -- lies a hybrid bomb never before used in war. It's called the Joint Stand-Off Weapon or JSOW. It lets fighters launch the bomb far away from enemy air defenses.


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