The B61 nuclear bomb is the primary thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. It is a low-to-intermediate...
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B61 may refer to: B61 nuclear bomb B61 (New York City bus) in Brooklyn HLA-B61, an HLA serotype Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings...
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The B61 Family is a series of nuclear weapons based on the B61 nuclear bomb. The B61 bomb was developed by Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL; now...
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to Warheads. "The B61 (Mk-61) Bomb". The Nuclear Weapon Archive. 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on Nov 30, 2023. "B61". GlobalSecurity.org...
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and Long Island City, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B61 and the B62 bus routes. The northern section, the B62, is operated by MTA...
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Instytut B61 (B61 Institute) is an international art group belonging to the art and science trend. It was founded in 2009 in Toruń by the astronomer, curator...
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B61-13 is planned to replace the B83. Although its yield is lower at 360 kilotonnes of TNT (1,500 TJ), it incorporates guidance features of the B61-12...
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HLA-B61 (B61) is an HLA - B serotype. B61 is a split antigen serotype that recognizes certain B40 serotypes. Ways JP, Lawlor DA, Wan AM, Parham P (1987)...
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a similar task. Development continued, with weapons such as the nuclear B61, and conventional thermobaric weapons and GBU-28. One of the more effective...
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such as the B61 nuclear bomb have been produced in both tactical and strategic versions. Whereas the lowest selectable yield of a tactical B61 (Mod 3 and...
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nuclear sharing policy of NATO, Turkey hosts approximately 20 United States B61 nuclear bombs at the Incirlik Air Base. The Turkish Armed Forces have a relatively...
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BGM-109 Tomahawk. It is essentially a modification of the widely deployed B61 weapon, which forms the basis of most of the current US stockpile of nuclear...
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more significant, variants are assigned their own number. An example is the B61 nuclear bomb, which was the parent design for the W80, W81, and W84. There...
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been operating German Panavia Tornado airplanes, which can deliver twenty B61 nuclear bombs, the only remaining nuclear weapons in Germany. As of 2023...
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Sicilian Defence (redirect from ECO B61)
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's...
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vaults are used for safe special weapons storage, typically of tactical B61 nuclear bombs. Historically the system was also called within NATO the Weapon...
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as strategic B61 and B83 gravity bombs, AGM-86 ALCM and several hundred spare warheads. The tactical weapons consist of 800 tactical B61 gravity bombs...
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it to use the lower-yield W85 warhead. This warhead was derived from the B61 Mod 3 and utilized the same pit in the primary stage of the warhead, but...
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of 1.2 megatons. The B53 was replaced in the bunker-busting role by the B61 Mod 11. Development of the weapon began in 1955 by Los Alamos National Laboratory...
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single design to be used in different situations. For example, the Mod-10 B61 bomb had selectable explosive yields of 0.3, 5, 10 or 80 kilotons, depending...
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Carabinieri. As part of NATO's nuclear sharing strategy, Italy hosts 90 US B61 nuclear bombs located at the Ghedi and Aviano air bases. The Army is the...
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used by the United States Navy. The W81 was believed to be derived from the B61 nuclear bomb which forms the backbone of the current US nuclear gravity bomb...
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storage of nuclear weapons, each with a maximum capacity of 44 B61 nuclear bombs. There are 20 B61 bombs stored on the base for delivery by German PA-200 Tornado...
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Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers in 2013 officially confirmed the presence of 22 B61 nuclear bombs at Volkel. In 2021 training with the latest B-61-12 modification...
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was completed by 2016. The W69 warhead is believed to be derived from the B61 nuclear bomb design. The W69 had a diameter of 15 inches (380 mm) and was...
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AGM-86 ALCM AGM-129 ACM AGM-154 JSOW AGM-158 JASSM AGM-181 LRSO BrahMos Babur B61 nuclear bomb with mod-12 tail guidance kit. Blue Steel Umbani DRDO SAAW GAM-87...
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together with Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. A total of 50 U.S. B61 nuclear bombs are hosted at the Incirlik Air Base, the most of the five countries...
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GBU-38 / 54 JDAM (MK-82 bomb body), Unguided bombs: MK-82 Nuclear bombs: B61-3 and B61-4 Pods: Litening II (Rafael), Airborne Reconnaissance Pod II (ARP II)...
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conventional or low-yield earth-penetrating nuclear weapons such as the B61-11. 816 Nuclear Military Plant Iranian underground missile bases Wan, William...
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past 2020. The navy's other nuclear weapon is the air-deployed B61 nuclear bomb. The B61 is a thermonuclear device that can be dropped by strike aircraft...
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