[SeekAndFind]

In March of this year, an Air Force F-16 dropped an inert B61-12 during a development flight test by the 422nd Flight Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada

[SeekAndFind]

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are claiming success with the second in series of test flights involving an upgraded version of a nuclear bomb that has been part of the U.S. arsenal for decades

[doorgunner69]

OK, why does adjustable yield make it so dangerous?

[gaijin]

0.3 kilotons min:

That’s amazing, wow.

[wastedyears]

A notice to the Norks too?

[jonno]

1 Trillion? I call BS...

[2ndDivisionVet]

Does this fool even know how much a trillion dollars is? I left the service 24 years ago, but I can assure you that they are not spending anywhere near a trillion dollars on a bomb. The entire defense budget is less than 3/4 of that amount.

[kaehurowing]

I know where we can test the live-fire version.

[laplata]

“$1 trillion super-nuke”

I don’t think so.

[ThunderSleeps]

The B61-12 will replace the B61 gravity bomb, one of the main pillars of the US Air Force’s nuclear arsenal and one part of the so-called air-land-sea triad, which also includes Ohio-class submarines and B-52 strategic bombers.

I'm not sure how much stock to place in an article by someone who can't even properly identify the elements of our strategic triad.

[plain talk]

The bomb is described as the most dangerous nuclear device ever produced because its yeild can be adjusted between the equivalent of 50,000 tons and 300 tons of TNT.

That's 50 KT. Tsar Bomba was 50 MT.

[semaj]

"It is also more accurate than ever."

Oh nooooooo!

[Despot of the Delta]

The largest warhead in US inventory, was the W-53 9 MT on the Titan II

[Seaplaner]

The bomb is described as the most dangerous nuclear device ever produced because its yeild can be adjusted between the equivalent of 50,000 tons and 300 tons of TNT. It is also more accurate than ever.

Perhaps someone should email this highly interesting info to Kim Jong Un (or whomever of his peeps reads things.)

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[Oztrich Boy]

I'd go with the British Violet Club of the late 50s. Too heavy to carry in "safe" condition, it had to be armed before takeoff. Once armed it couldn't be made safe in air, and was too unstable to land with (or takeoff with if properly considered

Violet Club: Quite Possibly the Worst Nuclear Bomb Ever Fielded

[WMarshal]

If we are in a nuclear war and some cuck general dials this atomic bomb down to 300 tons of TNT and uses it then he should be shot in the face. What a waste of a expensive weapon.

If you are going to use a nuclear bomb then use a nuclear bomb and send your enemies to kingdom come.

[momincombatboots]

Bump for later..

[NonValueAdded]

Deakins: $1 trillion super-nuke that has an adjustable yield

Hale: Oh, crowd-pleasers!

[dangus]

Verified: The B-61 adjustable-yield nuclear bomb has been around since 1963. A trillion-dollars? Well, if they’re using 2017 dollars, I can believe that over the last fifty years, we’ve spent $20 billion a year on our nuclear program.

[Pollster1]

I’m curious about the $1T price tag. I don’t believe it for one moment, but I am curious. How did they invent that number???