U.S. completes nuclear gravity bomb upgrade
The warplane-dropped nuclear gravity bomb known as the B61 has been fully modernized with a new precision guidance system, ...
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Pantex completes last production unit of B61-12 nuclear weapon ahead of schedule
Pantex Deterrence completes final B61-12 nuclear bomb ahead of schedule, marking a key milestone in U.S. nuclear ...
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US upgrades 50-year-old nuclear warhead with new powerful gravity bomb tech
B61-12 nuclear warhead is the latest modification to the B61 family of gravity bombs, which are deployed from U.S. Air Force ...
US to study proliferation risk of HALEU nuclear fuel, after warning by scientists
The U.S. agency in charge of nuclear security is commissioning a study on the proliferation risks of a more-enriched uranium ...
Nuclear company building Oak Ridge test facility preps for $525M sale to BWX Technologies
Two major nuclear companies with facilities in East Tennessee will join forces after a $525 million acquisition.
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The Department of Energy Just Completed Life Extension on a Key Nuclear Weapon
The B61 has already been in service for more than five decades, yet remains both "the oldest and most versatile weapon in the ...
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Inside the World's Fastest Supercomputer and Its Mission to Test Nuclear Weapons
We go inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a rare look at the El Capitan supercomputer, which is slated to begin ...
The risk of nuclear war continues to rise
Further raising the nuclear risk levels are advancing technologies. AI can dangerously automate the command and control of ...
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How the Nukes Were Queered: A Case Study in DEI as a Political and Bureaucratic Weapon
In 2024 a Biden Administration appointee at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) briefly went viral online for co-authoring an article, published by the influential Bulletin of the ...
Alleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as ...
Yakuza crime boss pleads guilty in the U.S. to trying sell Iran nuclear material
A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of ...
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US to revoke historical restrictions on India’s nuclear entities
The US is set to revoke regulations that have prevented civil nuclear cooperation between India’s top nuclear entities and US ...