The Pentagon says it wants a higher-yield nuclear-gravity bomb based on the B61-12 design. The stated purpose of the B61-13 would be to offer more capability against especially hardened facilities, ...

The B61-12 nuclear bomb is now formally in the U.S. stockpile and cleared for operational use on the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber. It's the first U.S. combat aircraft cleared to employ the advanced B61 ...

The US delivered its first B61-13 nuclear bomb nearly a year early. With enhanced yield and precision, it modernizes a key part of the nuclear triad amid rising global tensions. The United States ...

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 ...

The bomb will be made by a B61-7 warhead inside a B61-12 casing, providing another option with a higher yield. The U.S. Department of Defense announced the development of yet another, more powerful ...

The B61-12 adds substantial new levels of precision targeting and consolidates several different kinds of attack options into a single weapon. Instead of needing separate variants of the weapon for ...

The US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center formally approved in October the start of production of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb’s new guided tail-kit assembly. The production decision marks the ...

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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is slated to be armed with the B61 nuclear bomb as early as 2020, but could carry the weapon sooner, a general said. The stealthy fifth-generation fighter made by ...

A series of flight tests have shown that the B61-12 nuclear bomb is compatible with the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle. The demonstrations, carried out with a mock weapon, come ahead of the fighter being ...