Warhead & Weapons Development

First production unit of B61-13 gravity bomb could be out this month: NNSA exec

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Teresa Robbins, acting head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the first production unit of the B61-13 gravity bomb is “anticipated” to be complete later this month.
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