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Nuclear Modernization

NNSA Finishes First B61-12 Gravity Bomb

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021

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NNSA Finishes First B61-12 Gravity Bomb

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Thursday it put together the first war-ready B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb on Nov. 23, paving the way to create an estimated 480 of the weapons, which will homogenize four existing variants of the bomb. The agency “anticipates starting full-scale production in May 2022 and completing all needed production in FY 2026,” according to Thursday’s press release about the milestone. The non-profit, Washington-based Federation of American Scientists estimates that the NNSA will make about…

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