USAF Tests Radar Guiding System For B61-12 Nuclear Bomb

July 08, 2022
U.S. Air Force personnel load a B61-12 Joint Test Assembly on a B-2 on June 13 at Whiteman AFB, Missouri.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force recently tested releasing the new B61-12 nuclear bomb using a radar-aided system to guide the weapon in a GPS-degraded environment, the service said. It was also the first time the new Joint Test Assembly (JTA) of the B61-12 was released. A Northrop Grumman B-2 released the B61-12...

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