The aircraft was designed around a new 43,000-pound conventional bomb but could carry nuclear weapons as well.

The bombers could then strike those forces with conventional bombs, defense officials said.

In the case of conventional bombs, you have to drop many, one after another, to get such an effect.

A conventional bomb does not have a heat wave.

If the nukes did some- thing that conventional bombs couldn't do, I could understand what's going.

Or to be redesigned to carry conventional bombs for the next war in the third world?

Some civilians were killed by conventional bombs during the invasion.

The walls were 12 ft thick and conventional bombs had no affect.

"It could be anywhere from a large conventional bomb to a small nuke."

If this bunker is hardened at all, it's against conventional bombs.