Jun. 18—Sandia National Laboratories heralded a milestone at the end of May: the first of a new type of nuclear gravity bomb was built ahead of schedule. The first B61-13 production unit was completed ...

Sandia National Laboratories heralded a milestone at the end of May: the first of a new type of nuclear gravity bomb was built ahead of schedule. The first B61-13 production unit was completed at the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Sandia National Labs is marking a major milestone for the US nuclear security enterprise, and they’re doing so earlier than expected. The first production unit of the B61-13 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first production unit of the B61-13 gravity bomb has been completed about a year ahead of schedule, marking a major milestone for Sandia National Laboratories and the broader U ...

Just four months after finalizing production on the B61-12, the Pantex Plant has completed the first production unit (FPU) of the B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb, the National Nuclear Security ...

A recent Pentagon directive mandates nuclear weapon delivery within two minutes of message receipt, coinciding with the accelerated development of the B61-13 bomb, 24 times more powerful than the ...

From a distance, the drop of a mock nuclear weapon—containing only non-nuclear components—was a mere puff of dust rising from a dry lake bed at Nevada's Tonopah Test Range. However, it marked the ...

The development of a nuclear bomb that would be 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II is "significantly ahead of schedule," according to U.S. national ...

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 the ...

America's newest weapon of mass destruction is going into production seven months ahead of schedule as fears of a war with China continue to grow. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in New ...