The National Nuclear Security Administration said development for a bomb 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on ...

Defense contractor Sandia Laboratories said it used “innovative program planning” to accelerate the production of its B61-13 ...

The lab designing the warhead says it is accelerating the timeline to respond ‘to a critical challenge and urgent need.’ ...

The most recent life extension saw the older modifications of the bombs being replaced to extend the weapon’s service life by ...

The 31-kiloton bomb, nicknamed the "Big Shot" by the press and "Charlie" by the Atomic Energy Commission, was enormous when compared to the 13-kiloton and 20-kiloton bombs that the United States ...

What makes the B61-12 particularly impressive is the bomb’s ability to adjust its destructive yield depending on the ...