In comparison, the B83 nuclear bomb has a maximum yield of 1.2 megatons, or 1,200 kilotons. The combination of accuracy and low-yield characterizes the B61-12 as the most usable nuclear bomb ...

Among these are the B61-12, recently modernized, and the imposing B83, considered the most powerful still in operation. + The United States Completes Modernization of the B61-12 Nuclear Bomb With ...

A new US nuclear weapon 24 times more powerful than the one used on Hiroshima is being rush-produced because of an “urgent” and “critical” threat from rising global tensions, according to ...

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are kickstarting development of the B61-13, a nuclear 'gravity bomb' that was originally slated to go into production for the US Air Force ...