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Condemnation. instead, this is. it's a powerful three stage rocket, liquid fuel with enough lifting force to carry a thousand pound payload and this is what u.s. officials are concerned about. this rocket is for scientific purposes but u.s. officials worry it could be convert into an intercontinental missile. >> there's the rub. the little bit of math that richard sets us up to do there. they have a satellite that weighs 220 pounds. they're launching it on a rocket that handles something that weighs athousands pounds and to be able to hurl something a thousands pounds really far. the united st...

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 bombs which the u.s. has and israel has asked for but the u.s. won't