Bunker Busters

Bunker Busters
Upgrade
Faction	United States
Affects	Stealth fighter
Type	Weapon upgrade
Research
Purchased at	American air field
Cost	$1000
Notes
Stealth Fighter missiles clear garrisoned buildings and force vehicles in Tunnel Networks to evacuate.

The Bunker Busters is an USA upgrade introduced in Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour.

Game Effect

This upgrade affects the Stealth Fighter's missiles. After a short 3-second delay, the upgraded missiles would trigger an explosion that dealt a whopping 400 damage each to every unit garrisoned within the target structure, including those within buildings normally immune to most garrison-clearing weapons. This expanded list of targets include the GLA Tunnel Network (and its Toxin General counterpart), the Chinese Bunker (and its Infantry General counterpart), and the GLA Palace. The Chinese Internet Center remains the only exception to this. The upgrade did also confer a small damage boost, in the form of extra damage resulting from the shockwave, but the primary reason for purchasing this upgrade was its ability to damage garrisoned units.

However, though it was a tight window, the aforementioned 3-second delay could be enough for the enemy player to evacuate their units. They also did not change the nature of the Stealth Fighter's missiles in any way, meaning that point-defense lasers could still destroy them and ECM technology could throw them off-course.

Trivia

• The Bunker Busters' upgrade voiceline and introduction both indicate it was meant for the Aurora. It was possibly removed out of redundancy, given the Aurora does enough damage to destroy most of these structures instantly.
• The image used as the basis for the Bunker Buster icon is a picture of the impact of a BGM-109 Block IV Tactical Tomahawk. The picture was taken by a military photographer of the United States Navy.

See also

• Aircraft (Generals)
• Stealth Fighter, applicable fighter jet
• Tactical Nuke MiGs, similar aircraft-enhancing upgrade