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

src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uQxntu1DcbJJurLx3UsRPjzQvWCQwHauKGlDqqlQ5P20LfU7ihkyY-qiRHCsfUgECdlNFO1hFFCQ=s0-d" width="400"> 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) Read more

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