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B61-12 undertakes weapons test

A joint test assembly undergoes a flight test at Sandia National Laboratories’ Tonopah Test Range in Nevada.The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center received formal approval in late October 2018 to enter the production phase for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb’s new guided tail-kit assembly, or TKA. The Air Force is responsible for the B61-12 TKA, joint integration of the bomb assembly and TKA into the “all-up-round” of the weapon, and its integration with aircraft.

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