WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A third development flight test of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb has been conducted by the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration and the Air Force.
The test of the bomb -- without nuclear explosives -- was conducted late last month at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada as part of a life-extension program for the weapon using hardware designed by Sandia National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory, manufactured by the National Security Enterprise Plants, and mated to the tail-kit assembly section designed by Boeing.