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B61-12 Good to Go on F-15E, Sandia Says

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The B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is building will work with the Boeing-built F-15E Strike Eagle, the Sandia National Laboratories said last week.
“Sandia National Laboratories and the Air Force conducted the…

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