DOD to develop new nuclear bomb variant

By Shelley K. Mesch / October 27, 2023 at 3:16 PM
The Defense Department is seeking a modern-variant, nuclear gravity bomb, which it has designated the B61-13, the department announced today. The Pentagon will need congressional approval for the move, which comes just one week after it released its China Military Power Report that outlines China’s rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal . A fact sheet released with the announcement specified that this decision comes after “several months of review and consideration” and that it is not a response to any current event...

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