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 ...

Scientists in the United States have achieved a major milestone by completing the last production unit of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb. It was completed as part of collaborative partnerships ...

The B61, a nuclear gravity bomb deployed by the U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, has been in service since 1968. The B61-12 will replace most older ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the nuclear security enterprise ... of the last production unit of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb in December. While the last production ...

Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, ...

However, it is now deploying the B61-12 thermonuclear bomb, a newly developed and highly advanced weapon. This bomb is designed for devastating impact and has the potential to cause large-scale ...

Currently, the United States—as part of its agreement with NATO—has deployed the B61 nuclear gravity bomb at bases in Belgium’s Kleine Brogel Air Base, Germany’s Büchel Air Base ...