Pentagon Seeks To Develop New Nuclear Gravity Bomb

Brian Everstine October 28, 2023

A B-2 drops a B61 Joint Test Assembly in 2015.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon wants to build a new nuclear gravity bomb, aiming to modernize part of its strategic stockpile by replacing one of the most potent variants of its B61. The Defense Department says in an announcement that it wants a modern variant of the B61, to be designated the B61-13, if Congress...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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