Originally Posted by Bama

No, bunker busters have been around a very long time. They, along with SRAM's, were the primary nuclear weapons I worked on in the Air Force back in 1982 (I was a Nuclear Weapons Specialist).

I sincerely doubt that Israel would use a nuclear weapon for demolishing/eradication of these type targets though. The state of political and military unrest in this area makes a nuclear attack unwise and unnecessary. Do not forget that Israel is a nation of 6.X million surrounded by over 100 million Muslims. A nuclear attack would surely be reprized by an invasion of Israel - the likes the world has never seen and in sheer numbers, would overtake Israel - nuclearly defended or not.

This however may be a bit of political over-posturing on Israel's part - threaten to use a nuclear device and then launch a conventional one so the political fallout would be much less. Instead of focusing solely on the attack itself, people would be apt to discuss how they got off lucky cause Israel said they were going to use a nuclear device instead...