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 ...

The B61-12 represents the fusion of legacy nuclear technology with modern precision capabilities. The B61 has evolved through 13 variants, since entering service in 1968, at the height of the Cold ...

The B61-13 variable yield gravity bomb is now going into full production seven months ahead of schedule, Sandia National ...

The lab designing the warhead says it is accelerating the timeline to respond ‘to a critical challenge and urgent need.’ ...

The weapon appears similar in shape and dimensions to the B61-12, and any differences, if any, are not discernable. Joint test assembly units are not live weapons and they do not have the nuclear ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration will complete the First Production Unit of the B61-13 this fiscal year, ...

"NNSA accelerated delivery of the weapon by leveraging manufacturing processes from the related B61-12 program, whose final unit was completed in 2024, and implementing a range of technical ...

The US is fast-tracking production of its deadliest nuclear weapon in decades — the B61-13 — amid growing fears of global ...

It also allows the B61-13 to replace the newer B61-12 warheads currently being manufactured as well as the older B61-7. That means an increase in deterrent capability without the need to increase ...