Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The B61-12 nuclear bomb is now officially in the U.S. stockpile and approved for employment from the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber.

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, ...

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 ...

America’s new B61-12 nuclear warhead highlights how dangerous of a moment the world finds itself in—and real the potential is for unintended consequences, as the nuclear genie, however small, gets out ...

The Department of Defense will pursue the creation of a new nuclear gravity bomb as long as Congress authorizes and appropriates funds for the project. Pending Congress’s approval, which relevant ...

The Department of Defense announced its pursuit of a nuclear bomb that will be 24 times more powerful than one of the bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. The Pentagon is seeking congressional ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the nuclear security enterprise have achieved a significant milestone for the nation’s nuclear deterrence program with the completion of the last ...

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 Department of Defense will advance the development of a B61 nuclear gravity bomb variant to meet the needs of an evolving security environment as discussed in the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first production unit of the B61-13 gravity bomb has been completed about a year ahead of schedule, marking a major milestone for Sandia National Laboratories and the broader U ...