…with B61-12 guided nuclear bombs that can and will damage my forces or destroy my country. Now is my chance to attack!” Some defense leaders confuse the need for the…
…forces, 2018,” FAS Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 2018. “Russian nuclear forces, 2018,” FAS Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 2018. “United States nuclear forces, 2018,” FAS…
…includes retiring excess warheads for cruise missiles and gravity bombs above what’s required for the B61-12 and LRSO programs; most, if not all, B61-3, B61-10, B83-1, and W84 warheads could…
…warhead. The B61 warhead has been used as the basis for a wide variety of warhead designs. It currently exists in five gravity bomb versions (B61-4, B61-4, B61-7, B61-10, B61-11)…
…22,217 to 11,511 warheads. The number of deployed strategic warheads dropped from 12,300 to 7,114, or 42 percent, during the same period. Likewise, during the George W. Bush presidency from…