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Nuclear Modernization

Mass Production of B61-12, W88 Alt 370 At Halfway Point

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, January 9th, 2024

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Mass Production of B61-12, W88 Alt 370 At Halfway Point

Some time between October and December, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) programs to refurbish its B61 bombs and W88 warheads reached the halfway mark, an agency spokesperson said Monday. Production of the B61-12 Life Extension Program and W88 Alt 370 reached the halfway mark, with at least 50% of the required weapons produced and delivered to the two services, an NNSA spokesperson wrote in an email to sister publication Exchange Monitor. “The B61-12 Life Extension Program and W88 Alteration…

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