Pentagon to field improved nuclear bomb this year

The Pentagon will field the upgraded version of its B61 aircraft- delivered nuclear bomb this year, Harold Smith, the assistant to the secretary of defense for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons defense programs, said yesterday. The improved B61, intended to provide enhanced deep penetration...

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