It appears that the upcoming B-21 Raider will be the primary platform armed with the B61-13 nuclear bomb. In the twenty-first century, we read and hear all too often about promising defense ...

The B61 bomb’s reported yield will be adjustable to between 0.3 and 50 kilotons. A kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Although not possessing the long-distance standoff capacity of either ...

Just four months after finalizing production on the B61-12, the Pantex Plant has completed the first production unit (FPU) of the B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb, the National Nuclear Security ...

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A U.S. agency finished building the first B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb nearly a year early, adding a new and controversial munition to the U.S. arsenal for striking hardened, deeply buried and large ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Pantex Deterrence LLC (PXD), the manager and operator of the Pantex Plant ...

The United States has expedited the production of a powerful new nuclear warhead due to “urgent need,” according to a news release from defense contractor Sandia National Laboratories. SNL wrote it ...

What makes the B61-12 particularly impressive is the bomb’s ability to adjust its destructive yield depending on the operational conditions and demands. Over the past months, the U.S. Air Force added ...