#NNSA and the United States Air Force successfully completed two flight tests at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada for the B61-12 Life Extension Program. The tests confirm the bomb is compatible with the Air Force’s primary jet fighter, the F-15. #B61 #deterrence https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/flight-test-confirms-b61-12-compatible-air-force-s-primary-jet-fighter | National Nuclear Security Administration

Dropped from above 25,000 feet, the mock B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb was in the air for approximately 55 seconds before hitting and embedding in the lakebed, splashing a 40- to 50-foot puff of desert dust from the designated impact area at Sandia National Laboratories’ Tonopah Test Range in Nevada. Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-9ra | Military Leak

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