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NNSA Reveals Another B61-12 Hardware Flight Test

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) acknowledged the third test of 2017 for components of the updated B61-12 gravity bomb the agency is developing as part of the $1-trillion-plus U.S. nuclear modernization program.
The two qualification flights…

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