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US Conducts Successful Field Test Of New B61-12 Nuclear Bomb
In a well-timed statement, just as tensions over North Korea's nuclear program and potential US airstrikes run wild, the NNSA said that in conjunction with the US Air Force, it had completed the first qualification flight test of B61-12 gravity nuclear ...
Drop of mock B61-12 is first of new flight tests
An F-16C from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, chosen.
In other news, a US F-16 has dropped an inert B61-12 nuclear bomb over Nevada last month
An F-16 from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada, dropped a B61-12 over the Nellis Test and Training Range Complex in the first test use of the upgraded B61 with the F-16 aircraft. The B61-12 represent the latest ...
US launches qualification tests for upgraded nuke bomb
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Work on the B61-12 has been ongoing for years, and government officials say the latest tests using mock versions of the bomb will be vital to the refurbishing effort. An F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base dropped an inert version of the weapon over the ...
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Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea has conducted a sixth nuclear test, the Japanese government said, after a "man-made" tremor was detected in the country's north, not far from the country's Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
"After analyzing data provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Japanese government concluded that North Korea has conducted a nuclear test," Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said in a live television broadcast.
South Korea and Japan are gathering and analyzing data to confirm details of the test, which Japanese Minister Shinzo Abe said could not be tolerated. We will convene a National Security council meeting to gather and analyze the information," Abe said in a live television broadcast prior to Kono's announcement.
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US Tests “Gravity Bomb” Nuclear Delivery System
The United States National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) announced the successful completion of the first “qualification flight test” for the B61-12 nuclear “gravity bomb” this week. “The non-nuclear test assembly ...
The B61-12 is a modernized version of the B61 gravity bomb, the mainstay of the Air Force's nuclear arsenal and one of the legs of the so-called nuclear triad, along with the intercontinental ballistic missiles deployed from either ground-based silos ...
Inert Nuclear Gravity Bomb Passes First F-16 Flight Test
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“The B61-12 gravity bomb ensures the current capability for the air-delivered leg of the U.S. strategic nuclear triad well into the future for both bombers and dual-capable aircraft supporting NATO,” said Paul Waugh, AFNWC's Air-Delivered Capabilities ...
B-61 variant, was dropped by an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet ...
US: First Test of Upgraded Nuclear Bomb a Success
\The B61 nuclear gravity bomb first entered service in 1968, and four variants remain in the U.S. nuclear stockpile, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration. The B61-12 will add at least 10 years to the service life of the B61, the ...
“The Department of Energy's (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the US Air Force completed the first qualification flight test of the B61-12 gravity bomb on March 14 [Friday] at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada,” read a statement ...
April 14 (UPI) -- An inert B61-12 nuclear bomb was dropped by the U.S. Air Force over the Nellis Test and Training Range Complex in Nevada recently, officials announced this week. The dropping of the bomb, the first of the upgraded B-61 variant, was to ...
The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration said on Thursday that the U.S Air Force completed the first qualification flight test of the B61-12 gravity bomb on March 14 at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada. According to the ]
This event is the first of a series that will be conducted over the next three years to qualify the B61-12 for service.
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