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Half of Operational B-2 Force Deploys to Diego Garcia

…Nuclear weapons include the B61-12 guided bombs and the B61-11 nuclear earth-penetrator (the B61-7 has been replaced by the B61-12 and the B83-1 is no longer operational). There are no…

04.02.25 | 2 min read
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Federation of American Scientists Releases Latest United States Edition of Nuclear Notebook

…nuclear air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) known as the AGM-181 LRSO, as well as the B-21 Raider and new gravity bombs, including the B61-12 and B61-13.  Throughout 2024, infrastructure upgrades at…

01.13.25 | 3 min read
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Federation of American Scientists Releases Latest United Kingdom Edition of Nuclear Notebook

…on UK soil in peacetime. The arrival of the F-35A Lightning II, capable of carrying B61-12 gravity bombs, US budgetary indicators for special storage upgrades, and the construction of a…

11.12.24 | 3 min read
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NATO Tactical Nuclear Weapons Exercise And Base Upgrades

…legacy B61-3 and B61-4 tactical nuclear bombs with the new B61-12 guided nuclear bomb. The priority has been to supply the B-2 bombers at Whiteman AFB with the new weapon,…

10.14.24 | 6 min read
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America’s Nuclear Weapons Arsenal 2024: Annual Overview Released by the Federation of American Scientists

…modernization program are challenged by rising costs and delays (for example, the Sentinel ICBM program is projected to cost 37% more than just four years ago); Deployment of new B61-12

05.07.24 | 3 min read
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