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the campaign trail. and two major losses to rick an storm in alabama and mississippi a week ago. and jabs at president obama. >> we once built an interstate, and the pipeline. we led the world in manufacturing, investments, and today, we lead in lawsuits. when we replace a law professor with a conservative man as president, thats going to end. rick santorum, in his home state of pennsylvania tonight, looking a little less cheerful but trying to state on message. >> we must go out and...

and let the room -- at the romney campaign headquarter, new jabs at president obama. >> we once built an interstate highway system and the hoover dam. now we cant even build a pipeline. i mean, we once lit the world in manufacturing and exports and now we lead in lawsuits. when we replace the president, thats going to end. >> and rick santorum looking less cheerful, but trying to stay on message. >> we must do out and fight this fight. thats why we must go out in and nominate someone. ...

Central command, but there are questions about what is rule can do with its current air force. >> they have no strategic bombers. we are the on ones who have that kind of bombing capability. and you need something like a b-52 to carry the 25,000 to 30,000 pound bombs we think might be necessary for some of these targets. >> reporter: israel has 87f-15 bombers. 307f-16s. the u.s. air force has 522f.-15s, 1,000 f-16s. the b-2 bomber can carry a 70,000 pound payload. two of those bunker buster bomb...

>> well, the big problem that israels air force face according to those planners is that they dont have the kind of planes that can carry anything more than about 2,000 pounds. thats about it. they dont have the b 2 or b-52 bombers that the u.s. has. that are large enough to carry the bombs that really can hit deep underground according to these former air force planners. >> the israelis have several hundred f-16 and f-15 fighters. they have no strategic bombers, no b 52s, no b-1s. we are the on...

If not, then what? >> yesterday, to the israeli parliament, israeli prime minister gave a speech about the times in history that israel has gone alone against u.s. wishes militarily and appears to lay the ground work for unilateral strategic and the former pentagon planners are raising questions about the limits to what israel can do with the current air force without u.s. help. >> israelis have several hundred f-15 fighters but no strategic bombers and we are the only one would have that kind o...

This bomb is much biggen than -- bigger than what youre seeing on your screen. this bomb has been wildly successful. it can be flown on a b-52, right? its gps controlled, therefore, it has pin i cant point accuracy. 20 feet long, and heres the big number, this thing can penetrate 200 feet of earth and concrete before it actually explodes. thats key because intelligence tells us that iran has buried many of its nuclear sites. but not nearly deep enough, those sites, to avoid the m.o.p.. and defen...

The massive ordnance penetrator to attack concrete bunker and tum facilities requires an you are jent upgrade according to pentagon officials who requested $81 million in reallocated funds from congress to ensure that the 20 bombs are battle-ready. defensive appropriators on capitol hill agreed to the request this week a month after iran announced it would begin uranium enrichment. the tunnel facility is believed to be just beyond the range of the bunker-buster in question. the largest nonnuclea...

The massive ordnance penetrator to attack concrete bunker and tum facilities requires an you are jent upgrade according to pentagon officials who requested $81 million in reallocated funds from congress to ensure that the 20 bombs are battle-ready. defensive appropriators on capitol hill agreed to the request this week a month after iran announced it would begin uranium enrichment. the tunnel facility is believed to be just beyond the range of the bunker-buster in question. the largest nonnuclea...

Which often leads to the next ground war. "becomobamas plan does exactly that, it forgets the lesson of history," writes general bob scales. the chairman of the senate house services committee is concerned. >> time after time after time we found that that was the wrong strategy. starting world war ii, we had been going across africa with inadequate equipment, inadequate training, inadequate leadership and it cost us lots of lives. >> reporter: after world war ii, president truman cut the army fr...

Which often leads to the next ground war. "becomobamas plan does exactly that, it forgets the lesson of history," writes general bob scales. the chairman of the senate house services committee is concerned. >> time after time after time we found that that was the wrong strategy. starting world war ii, we had been going across africa with inadequate equipment, inadequate training, inadequate leadership and it cost us lots of lives. >> reporter: after world war ii, president truman cut the army fr...