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That Time When Disney Inspired a Bunker Busting Bomb
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That Time When Disney Inspired a Bunker Busting Bomb

The "Disney Bomb" was one of the most interesting and capable pieces of ordinance ever devised. And it was used in the field too.

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Did you know that Disney once inspired a bunker-busting bomb during the Second World War?

A bunker buster, like the modern "massive ordnance penetrator", is a specially designed type of munition that is specifically designed to penetrate hardened fortified structures that are often, but not always, buried deep underground. While modern examples tend to be precision-guided, early examples used other methods to penetrate structures, like submarine pens and bunkers, that would normally be considered impenetrable by conventional munitions.

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