B61-12

New US Nuclear Weapon Cleared for Production Engineering

By Andrei AKULOV | Strategic Culture Foundation | 04.08.2016 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has authorized the B61-12 warhead life-extension program (LEP) to enter the production-engineering phase – the final one prior to actual production. Established by Congress in 2000, the NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy. While the Defense Department manages […]