Germany Has Chosen The F-35 As Its Future Nuclear Strike Fighter
Germany has decided to buy F-35A stealth fighters as its new, nuclear-capable combat jet.
Tag: B61-12
F-35A Completes Final Inert Drop Test Of New B61-12 Nuclear Bomb
The F-35A is now on a trajectory to become fully certified to deliver thermonuclear weapons in the near future.
Imagine Following This On The Highway: A Truckload Of Nuclear Training Bombs
It’s highly unusual to see even inert nuclear bombs being transported so openly.
Watch An F-35 Drop A B61 Nuclear Bomb In This First-Ever Declassified Video
The supersonic drop test puts the F-35A a step closer to being able to employ the new nukes, which are literally worth more than their weight in gold.
Trump Discloses Supposed Existence Of A Secret New Nuclear Weapon System To Bob Woodward
Other sources reportedly confirmed that the weapon system does exist, but declined to get into specifics.
F-15E Strike Eagle First Jet Cleared To Employ Air Force’s New B61-12 Nuclear Bombs
The B61-12 is the latest in the B61 series, the longest-serving American nuclear bomb, and they will be worth more than their weight in gold.
Nukes Drive Germany’s Plan To Replace Tornados With Typhoons, Super Hornets, and Growlers
A need to be able to drop US nuclear bombs led to a plan to replace German Tornados with a mix of Typhoons, Super Hornets, and Growlers.
F-15E Strike Eagle Spotted Flying With An Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Out Of Nellis AFB
The precision-guided upgrade of the B61 tactical nuclear bomb has had a troubled and very expensive past.
U.S. To Spend Hundreds Of Millions To Replace A $5 Part In Revamped Nuclear Weapons
Concerns about the reliability of commercial-off-the-shelf capacitors, each of which cost just $5, the Department of Energy had been planning to use in two future nuclear warhead designs will delay both programs by at least a year and a half and could result in up to $850 million in additional costs. The W88 ALT 370 warheads for the U.S. Navy’s Trident D5 submarine-launch ballistics missiles and the U.S. Air Force B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, the latter of which are already set to be worth literally twice their weight in gold each, are seeing impacts from the decision to switch to a more robust piece of circuitry.
This Video Makes Test Dropping A B61 Nuclear Bomb Look Like An Elegant Dance
Tonopah Test Range is supporting an American nuclear weapons renaissance of sorts after six decades of making strategic deterrent dreams come true.