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

During the Trinity Test, scientists were so unsure about the bomb’s actual yield that estimates ... closest to the 20-kiloton explosion. Oppenheimer famously guessed 0.3 kilotons, which showed ...

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

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 ...

The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about a 15-kiloton bomb. The DoD fact sheet released in October 2023 said the "B61-13 will have a yield similar to the B61-7, which is higher than that of ...