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It’s unclear whether the Iranians put this material into Fordo, but he said it had become routine in the United States to spray concrete on the inside of tunnels with steel fibers as a layer of protec... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Construction , Military

Simplified: It is unclear if Iranians put this material into Fordo but it is routine in the United States to spray concrete on inside of tunnels with steel fibers

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5 months ago
By forming a bridge across tiny cracks when the concrete is stressed, the fibers can make concrete more resistant to blasts or impact. 0.900

👤 Clay Naito 📋 News Article 🏷️ Engineering

Simplified: Fibers can make concrete more resistant to blasts or impact

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5 months ago
Iran is a major producer of concrete, and Iranian researchers have published papers on concrete mixed with minuscule steel fibers and other strengthening materials. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Construction , Engineering

Simplified: Iran is a major producer of concrete and Iranian researchers published papers on concrete mixed with steel fibers

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5 months ago
Tuff is well known in the blast community as a very efficient absorber of energy — one of the absolute best. 0.900

👤 Nick Glumac 📋 News Article 🏷️ Engineering , Military

Simplified: Tuff is a very efficient absorber of energy

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Because it is relatively porous, it may act to tamp down damaging shock waves, like those from the American bombs. 0.850

👤 Yizhaq Makovsky 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geology , Military

Simplified: Ignimbrite may act to tamp down damaging shock waves

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5 months ago
The material probably made it easier to build an underground bunker. 0.850

👤 Yizhaq Makovsky 📋 News Article 🏷️ Construction

Simplified: The material probably made it easier to build an underground bunker

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5 months ago
Some of those structures have multiple levels, connecting tunnels and hundreds of entrances. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Architecture

Simplified: Some structures have multiple levels connecting tunnels and hundreds of entrances

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The ancient, subterranean dwellings in Cappadocia, in central Turkey, were carved into ignimbrite. 0.950

👤 Yizhaq Makovsky 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geology , History

Simplified: Ancient subterranean dwellings in Cappadocia were carved into ignimbrite

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Ignimbrite is a great thing to dig into. 0.950

👤 Yizhaq Makovsky 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geology

Simplified: Ignimbrite is great to dig into

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5 months ago
Several geologists consulted by The New York Times said that an Iranian survey of the Fordo area, published in 2020 in Geopersia, an academic journal from the University of Tehran, indicates that the... 0.900

👤 Several geologists 📋 News Article

Simplified: Iranian survey indicates rock at Fordo consists largely of ignimbrite geologists said

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5 months ago
Each of the shafts opened to a trident shape at the top, according to a June 26 Pentagon briefing. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article

Simplified: Each shaft opened to trident shape at top according to June 26 Pentagon briefing

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5 months ago
In both locations, the aim was to blow off a concrete cap with one bomb and drop five more down the main shaft. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article

Simplified: Aim was to blow off concrete cap with one bomb drop five more down main shaft

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Planners decided that they would need multiple bombs. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article

Simplified: Planners decided they would need multiple bombs

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U.S. officials assumed that the vent zigzagged, so each bomb was expected to hit a variable mix of air, rock and concrete. 1.000

👤 U.S. officials 📋 News Article

Simplified: U.S. officials assumed vent zigzagged each bomb expected to hit variable mix of air rock concrete

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5 months ago
They zigged and zagged somewhat at the top, meaning that the path to the bunker was not a straight shot until toward the end. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article

Simplified: Shafts zigged and zagged at top path to bunker was not straight until end

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5 months ago
The main shafts did not go straight down, said a Defense Department official familiar with the decision making, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. 1.000

👤 Defense Department official 📋 News Article

Simplified: Main shafts did not go straight down Defense Department official said

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When the strike planners looked for vulnerabilities in Fordo’s structure, they zeroed in on the ventilation shafts that open to the mountainside above the bunker, which would allow them to avoid tryin... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article

Simplified: Strike planners zeroed in on ventilation shafts to avoid blasting through hard rock above facility

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Fractures left by the first blast could allow subsequent bombs to reach deeper, but just how far is hard to predict. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article

Simplified: First blast fractures could allow subsequent bombs to reach deeper how far is hard to predict

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5 months ago
Most estimates put Fordo’s depth at somewhere between 260 and 360 feet. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article

Simplified: Most estimates put Fordo depth between 260 and 360 feet

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5 months ago
A rough estimate shows that a 30,000-pound projectile moving faster than the speed of sound would travel at most five to 10 meters — up to around 35 feet — into several common types of rock, including... 0.900

👤 Ryan Hurley 📋 News Article

Simplified: 30000-pound projectile moving faster than sound would travel at most five to 10 meters up to around 35 feet into several common rock types including t...

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