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New Data Shows Detail About Final Phase of US New START Treaty Reductions

…Raider is under development and planned to begin replacing nuclear and conventional bombers in the mid-2020s. The B-21 will be capable of carrying both the new B61-12 guided nuclear bomb…

01.13.18 | 5 min read
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2018 Nuclear Posture Review

…a low-yield SLBM warhead. The NPR also seems to call for retention of the 1.2 megaton B83 nuclear bomb (which had been slated for retirement once the B61-12 enters service)…

01.10.18 | 4 min read
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NNSA’s New Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan

…list the weapon as part of the B61-12 “consolidation” plan. Despite the B61-10 retirement, officials have continued to include the weapon in the “consolidation” justification for the B61-12 during congressional…

11.16.17 | 10 min read
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NATO Nuclear Exercise Underway With Czech and Polish Participation

…NATO’s nuclear strike mission with dual-capable aircraft (DCA) and the B61 tactical nuclear bombs the US deploys in Europe. In addition to nuclear-capable aircraft from Belgium, Germany, Italy and the…

10.17.17 | 3 min read
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B-52 Bomber No Longer Delivers Nuclear Gravity Bombs

…the nuclear gravity bomb mission is particularly important now because NNSA and the military are promising that once they get the new B61-12 guided nuclear bomb then the overall number…

05.25.17 | 4 min read
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