USAF's F-16 fighter jet successfully released inert B61-12 nuclear bomb

An US Air Force F-16 aircraft released an inert B61 nuclear bomb in a test recently, demonstrating the aircraft's capability to deliver the weapon and testing the functioning of the weapon's non-nuclear components, including the arming and fire control system, radar altimeter, spin rocket motors and weapons control computer, the US Air Force said on April 13, 2017. Read more

An Air Force F-16C dropped an inert B61-12 during a development flight test by the 422nd Flight Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada, on March 14, 2017
(Credit: USAF/Staff Sgt. Brandi Hansen)

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