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Obama Administration Announces Unilateral Nuclear Weapon Cuts

…ICBM warheads. Any potential B61s would likely be minimal because they await production of the B61-12.] The Growing Dismantlement Queue The cut adds significantly to the large inventory of retired…

01.12.17 | 5 min read
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Increasing Nuclear Bomber Operations

…with the B61-12 guided bomb can be stopped. The weapons might even get a more explicit role against Russia, although this is still a controversial issue for some NATO members….

09.26.16 | 7 min read
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More From FAS: Highlights and Achievements Throughout Recent Months

…of the B61-12 could make it a more usable weapon [/blogs/security/2015/11/b61-12_cartwright/]. In early 2016, FAS and NRDC used a government video of a B61-12 test drop to analyze the bomb’s…

06.28.16 | 8 min read
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Flawed Pentagon Nuclear Cruise Missile Advocacy

…and 100 B-21 stealthy bombers (60 of them equipped with nearly 500 B61-12 gravity bombs) would still provide a considerable hedging capability against a serious technical problem in another leg…

06.10.16 | 13 min read
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Briefing to Arms Control Association Annual Meeting

…these improvement might have for strategic stability. My briefing described enhancement of military capabilities of the B61-12 nuclear bomb, the new air-launched cruise missile (LRSO), and the W76-1 warhead on…

06.07.16 | 1 min read
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