The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Pantex Deterrence LLC (PXD), the manager and operator of the Pantex Plant outside of Amarillo, announced Tuesday the completion of the last ...

Sandia National Laboratories announced on Feb. 20, 2025, the conclusion of the production of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, nearly two months after the LPU (Last Production Unit) was produced in ...

MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. The B61-12, a US nuclear bomb, when authorized for service, may lower the threshold of using nuclear weapons, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non ...

While the last production unit is now complete, the B61-12 program is still producing spare components and pursuing program closeout activities into fiscal year 2026. “It’s a tremendous ...

Two B61-12 joint test assembly units are prepared for shipping at the Weapon Modernization Lab at Sandia National Laboratories. The last production unit of the nuclear gravity bomb was completed ...

The new bomb is the B61-12. On its surface, the bomb does not appear to be as dangerous as other weapons in the US arsenal. Although the B61-12 is nuclear-armed, it has a yield of 50 kilotons ...

"The main advantage of the B61-12 is that it packs all the gravity bomb capabilities against all the targeting scenarios into one bomb. That spans from very low-yield tactical 'clean' use with low ...

The improved, guided gravity bomb is slated to undergo certification for other aircraft, including the F-35A.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has written to the prime minister and the defence secretary to ask whether RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk is housing B61-12 munitions. The UK and Nato have a ...

The B61-12’s First Production Unit (FPU) was delivered in 2021, with full-rate production starting a year later. The B61, a nuclear gravity bomb deployed by the U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic ...