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Radar System For B61-12 Nuke Successfully Tested

Gally Articola

Friday, August 30th, 2013

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In an ongoing effort to modernize the nuclear arsenal, new radar systems for the B61-12 tactical nuclear bomb were successfully tested twice on Aug. 14-15, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said yesterday. B61 and its components. Photo: NNSA. Engineers from Sandia National Laboratories dropped the new radar systems from a helicopter at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada. The tests were the first experiment with the radar systems outside of a laboratory environment. The previous radar used “decades-old” vacuum…

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