NNSA Building Faster, Harder To Detect Cruise Missile Type Nuclear Weapons Mounted On Stealth Bombers

 

B61-12 CRUISE MISSILE

 

NNSA Building Faster, Harder To Detect Cruise Missile Type Nuclear Weapons Mounted On Stealth Bombers

 Starting New Cold War, Financed By New 1 Trillion From President Obama And 58 Billion From President Trump

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NNSA Building Faster, Harder To Detect Cruise Missile Type Nuclear Weapons Mounted On Stealth Bombers, Starting New Cold War, Financed By New 1 Trillion From President Obama And 58 Billion From President Trump

US BOYCOTTS UN TALKS ON BANNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SPENDS TRILLIONS TO START A NEW GLOBAL NUCLEAR MISSILE COLD WAR

U.S. Boycotts U.N. Talks on Nuclear Ban While Spending Trillions to Modernize Nuclear Arsenal
NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to a historic debate at the United Nations. Some 120 countries gather this week to draft a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. But the United States did not take part. In fact, the U.S. led a boycott of the talks. This is U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley.

THE NNSA SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED FOR AND GOT PIECE OF 1 TRILLION IN NEW FUNDING FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS, DESPITE THIS BEING ILLEGAL AND VIOLATING START TREATY

President Obama promised to get rid of all nuclear weapons, and he received a Nobel Prize for Peace as a result of that speech. But then he did exactly the opposite of getting rid of all nuclear weapons, by approving 1 TRILLION in new nuclear missile plus nuclear bomb spending before he left office. The mass media never announced this, and practically no one knows this has been done.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ADDING ANOTHER 58 BILLION ON TOP OF OBAMA’S 1 TRILLION, STARTING A NEW GLOBAL ‘COLD WAR’ AND INCREASING THE THREAT OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR WAR, DOES NOT CARE ABOUT PENTAGON LOSING 10 TRILLION DOLLARS

Now President Trump is adding another 58 BILLION on top of the 1 Trillion President Obama gave to the military industrial complex, just one year later. 58 Billion is the entire military budget of the UK. Trump also wants to expand the number of nuclear missiles, which is illegal, according to the Start Treaty.
First Strike Policy And The Samson Principle; Holding The World Hostage With Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Weapons Of Mass Destruction; It Only Takes ONE Delusional Person Such As President Trump, To Start Armageddon, Pentagon Loses 10 TRILLION
So, it’s—Trump’s comments reflect a deep and abiding perspective in the United States that nuclear weapons will spread remorselessly and relentlessly to the rest of the world, and that the only way to do this is to make sure we have more and bigger weapons and are more ready to use them than anybody else, and therefore we’ll maintain a decisive advantage over any other state.This is what drove the arms race with the Soviet Union from the very beginning. You have to remember that when the United States made and used nuclear weapons at the end of World War II, for the first few years it was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons. And in 1946, the United Nations, newly formed, passed its very first resolution: Resolution 1. The first thing the United States ever—United Nations ever talked about and agreed on was the need for a plan to eliminate nuclear weapons. And the United States said no.

http://www.democracynow.org/2017/3/30/us_boycotts_un_talks_on_nuclear

US MILITARY ALREADY GETS 54 PERCENT OF TOTAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, BUT TRUMP SAYS MILITARY IS ‘WEAK’ AND NEEDS MUCH MORE TAXPAYER FUNDED CORPORATE WELFARE AND ENTITLEMENT MONEY, BUT NO MONEY FOR CLEANING UP 10,000 ABANDONED URANIUM MINES THAT POISON US CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES

See all of those teeny tiny little wee slices of the pie, which no human being could live on if this were a real pie? That is what the public gets out of paying taxes. The 1 percent gets MOST OF THE PIE, via the military industrial complex, and the military budget, which goes mostly to private corporations.
Got corporate entitlements and corporate welfare?
10,400 Abandoned Uranium Mines Dot Navajo And Indian Land, Neglected But Still Perilous, Indian Tribes Being Exploited Or Forced Into Giving Up Their Land, Being WIPPED – Uranium Waste Lake Melts Steel

NOW THEY WANT MORE WELFARE, BECA– USE TRUMP THINKS THEY ARE ENTITLED..

#passMJIA | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

VIDEO: http://youtu.be/HxxU99ajH3c

6.5 TRILLION DOLLARS IS MISSING INSIDE US MILITARY, BUT TRUMP DOES NOT CARE, WANTS TO SHOWER THEM WITH TAXPAYER GOLD, WHILE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR AN AUDIT

Meanwhile, inside the military, suicides and rapes are up among US troops, and the military industrial complex must love it, because pretty much nothing is being done about it..
President Trump Wants US Military Budget And Top Secret “Black Budgets” To Keep Growing, 6.5 TRILLION Dollars Missing, Secret CIA, NSA, NGIA; Pentagon Is Falsifying Books, But MIC Criminals Committing Fraud Are Never Punished

PRESIDENT OBAMA WENT BACK ON HIS COMMITMENT TO BUILD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD AND DID EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE, BY STARTING AN ILLEGAL NEW COLD WAR  TO BENEFIT THE 1 PERCENT

Got greed, corruption, fraud and hypocrisy?

BILL MOYERS: “The Trillion Dollar Question the Media Have Neglected to Ask Presidential Candidates

The expenditure is for a 30-year program to “modernize” the US nuclear arsenal and production facilities. Although President Obama began his administration with a dramatic public commitment to build a nuclear weapons-free world, that commitment has long ago dwindled and died. It has been replaced by an administration plan to build a new generation of US nuclear weapons and nuclear production facilities to last the nation well into the second half of the 21st century.

This plan, which has received almost no attention by the mass media, includes redesigned nuclear warheads, as well as new nuclear bombers, submarines, land-based missiles, weapons labs and production plants. The estimated cost? $1,000,000,000,000.00 — or, for those readers unfamiliar with such lofty figures, $1 trillion.
Critics charge that the expenditure of this staggering sum will either bankrupt the country or, at the least, require massive cutbacks in funding for other federal government programs. “We’re… wondering how the heck we’re going to pay for it,” admitted Brian McKeon, an undersecretary of defense. And we’re “probably thanking our stars we won’t be here to have to have to answer the question,” he added with a chuckle.
 
This nuclear “modernization” plan violates the terms of the 1968 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which requires the nuclear powers to engage in nuclear disarmament. The plan is also moving forward despite the fact that the US government already possesses roughly 7,000 nuclear weapons that can easily destroy the world. Although climate change might end up accomplishing much the same thing, a nuclear war does have the advantage of terminating life on earth more rapidly.

Obama’s Trillion-Dollar Nuclear-Arms Train Wreck

“The United States is initiating a new nuclear arms race, because the other nuclear-armed states, of course, when they look at our ‘modernization program,’ are now beginning their own,” she told us. “We need this to be rolled back.” Kelley lives in Livermore, California, home to one of the U.S. government’s national laboratories dedicated to developing and manufacturing nuclear bombs.
President Obama delivered his first address on the U.S. nuclear arsenal on April 5, 2009, in Prague: “Today, the Cold War has disappeared but thousands of those weapons have not. In a strange turn of history, the threat of global nuclear war has gone down, but the risk of a nuclear attack has gone up. More nations have acquired these weapons. Testing has continued. Black-market trade in nuclear secrets and nuclear materials abound,” he said.
As with his pledge to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, his pledge to move the U.S. toward nuclear disarmament seems to have been abandoned….

MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX GOT NEW TOYS, SUCH AS; US B61-12 CRUISE MISSILE TYPE NUCLEAR BOMB GETS GREEN LIGHT; NO ONE CARES THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL ACCORDING TO SIGNED INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

Once you pay TRILLIONS to build all of these expensive toys, you get to spend even more money on them tinkering around with them…
NNSA B-Roll: Nuclear Weapons Footage
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/IP658HMOarU 2 min.
GLOBALRESEARCH: “New US B61-12 “Smart” Nuclear Bomb Gets “Green Light”

President Barack Obama has consistently pledged to reduce nuclear weapons and forgo weapons with new military capabilities. Yet the B61-12 program has thrived on the political and economic clout of defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin Corp., as documented in an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting last year.
The B61-12 – at $11 billion for about 400 bombs the most expensive U.S. nuclear bomb ever – illustrates the extraordinary power of the atomic wing of what President Dwight D. Eisenhower called the “military industrial complex,” which has now rebranded itself the “nuclear enterprise.” The bomb lies at the heart of an ongoing modernization of America’s nuclear arms, projected to cost $1 trillion over the next 30 years.
Virtually everyone agrees that as long as nuclear weapons exist, some modernization of U.S. forces is needed to deter other countries from escalating to nuclear weapons during a conflict. But critics challenge the extravagance and scope of current modernization plans.
In late July, 10 senators wrote Obama a letter urging that he use his remaining months in office to “restrain U.S. nuclear weapons spending and reduce the risk of nuclear war” by, among other things, “scaling back excessive nuclear modernization plans.” They specifically urged the president to cancel a new nuclear air-launched cruise missile, for which the Air Force is now soliciting proposals from defense contractors.

CANCEL THE NEW NUCLEAR CRUISE MISSILE

During the Cold War, the United States built air-launched nuclear cruise missiles to defeat advancing air-defense systems. Rather than sending large, lumbering aircraft like the B-52 into harm’s way, bombers could launch nuclear cruise missiles from hundreds of miles away. These nuclear cruise missiles also had the added advantage of forcing the Soviet Union to build expensive air defenses along its borders, siphoning money from other military capabilities.
National Nuclear Security Administration #NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz appeared before the United States House Committee on Armed Services Thursday to discuss the FY17 #budget.#POTUSbudgethttp://youtu.be/AJDhwlLJ7rk

HUMANITY IS ON COURSE TO ARMAGEDDON AND GLOBAL SUICIDE VIA POISONING FROM INVISIBLE RADIOACTIVE HEAVY METAL POISONS COMING FROM MULTIPLE NUCLEAR DISASTERS

Fatal Fallout Documentary Movie; Dr Gary Null, Physicist Michio Kaku Expose Dangers Of Nuclear Power Plants And Nuclear Weapons Invisible Heavy Metal Radioactive Poisons And The Negative Health Consequences To Humans, Plants, Animals
http://www.agreenroadjournal.com/2013/02/fatal-fallout-dr-gary-null-exposes.html

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First Strike Policy; How President Trump Is Moving World Closer To Global Nuclear War (MAD) By Spending 58 Billion/Yr More, Plus Obama’s 1 TRILLION On New Nuclear Weapons, Pentagon Lost 10 Trillion, Illegally Refuses Audit
http://www.agreenroadjournal.com/2013/08/how-president-obama-has-moved-us-closer.html

First Strike Policy And The Samson Principle; Holding The World Hostage With Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Weapons Of Mass Destruction; It Only Takes ONE Delusional Person Such As President Trump, To Start Armageddon, Pentagon Loses 10 TRILLION
http://www.agreenroadjournal.com/2013/05/the-samson-principle-holding-world.html

NNSA IS BEHIND THE NEW 1 TRILLION DOLLARS, WHICH FINANCES NEW NUCLEAR  CRUISE MISSILE PROGRAM, AS AUTHORIZED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA

Mike Gilli NEW US NUCLEAR WARHEAD B61-12 TO KILL US ALL
NEW US NUCLEAR WEAPON CLEARED FOR PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
FROM FRIENDS OF TFC WITH THANKS
United States (SCF) – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has authorized the B61-12 warhead life-extension program (LEP) to enter the production-engineering phase – the final one prior to actual production.
Established by Congress in 2000, the NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy. While the Defense Department manages the delivery systems of the nuclear force, the agency has oversight over the development, maintenance and disposal of nuclear warheads.
The implementation of the program runs contrary to President Obama’s stated pledge not to create any new nuclear weapons or ones with new military capabilities.
The first production unit of the weapon is planned for fiscal year 2020. The LEP – a joint NNSA and United States Air Force (USAF) program – will add at least an additional 20 years to the life of the system….
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NUCLEAR BOMBS BEING DEVELOPED TO HAVE MORE — USES, INCLUDING KILLING EVERYONE WHO IS HIDING INSIDE UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR BOMB PROOF BUNKERS; THUS NO ONE ON EARTH WILL BE SAFE FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS ANYMORE, NOT EVEN THE MILITARY GENERALS WHO ALL HAVE BUNKERS TO GO TO

Video Shows Earth-Penetrating Capability of B61-12 Nuclear Bomb
The capability of the new B61-12 nuclear bomb seems to continue to expand, from a simple life-extension of an existing bomb, to the first U.S. guided nuclear gravity bomb, to a nuclear earth-penetrator with increased accuracy.
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) previously published pictures of the drop test from October 2015 that showed the B61-12 hitting inside the target circle but without showing the bomb penetrating underground.
But a Sandia National Laboratories video made available by the New York Times shows the B61-12 penetrating completely underground. (A longer version of the video is available at the Los Alamos Study Group web site.)

ABOUT THE B61 NUCLEAR BOMB

B61
B-61 bomb.jpg

B61 training unit intended for ground crew. It accurately replicates the shape and size of a “live” B61 (together with its safety/arming mechanisms) but contains only inert materials
Type Nuclear bomb
Service history
Used by United States
Production history
Designer Los Alamos National Laboratory
Designed 1963
Manufacturer Pantex Plant
Produced 1968 (full production)
No. built 3,155
Specifications
Weight 700 pounds (320 kg)
Length 11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m)
Diameter 13 inches (33 cm)
Blast yield 0.3–340 kilotons
Wikipedia; “The B61 nuclear bomb is one of the primary thermonuclear weapons in the U.S. Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War. It is an intermediate-yield strategic and tactical nuclear weapon featuring a two-stage radiation implosion design.[1]
The B61 is a variable yield bomb (0.3 to 340 kiloton yield in various versions and settings) designed for carriage by high-speed aircraft. It has a streamlined casing capable of withstanding supersonic flight speeds. The weapon is 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) long, with a diameter of about 13 inches (33 cm). Basic weight is about 700 pounds (320 kg), although the weights of individual weapons may vary depending on version and fuze/retardation configuration.

Development

A B61 bomb undergoing disassembly.
B61 bomb casing; MAPS Air Museum, North Canton, Ohio.
The B61, known before 1968 as the TX-61, was designed in 1963. It was designed and built by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. It began from a program for a lightweight, streamlined weapon launched in 1961. Production engineering began in 1965, with full production beginning in 1968 following a series of development problems.
Total production of all versions was approximately 3,155, of which approximately 1,925 remain in service as of 2002, and some 1,265 are considered to be operational.The warhead has changed little over the years, although early versions have been upgraded to improve the safety features.
As of late 2013, there were 200 B61 bombs actively in use by the United States.[2] Of these, 180 were deployed with NATO allies in Europe.[3]
Nine versions of the B61 have been produced. Each shares the same “physics package“, with different yield options.The newest variant is the B61 Mod 11, deployed in 1997, which is a ground-penetrating bunker buster.
The Russian Continuity of Government facility at Kosvinsky Kamen, finished in early 1996, was designed to resist US earth-penetrating warheads and serves a similar role as the American Cheyenne Mountain Complex.[4][5] The timing of the Kosvinsky completion date is regarded as one explanation for U.S. interest in a new nuclear bunker buster and the declaration of the deployment of the B-61 mod 11 in 1997: Kosvinsky is protected by about 1,000 feet (300 m) of granite.[6]
The B61 unguided bomb should not be confused with the MGM-1 Matador cruise missile, which was originally developed under the bomber designation B-61.
When the B61 was still classified, aircrew were not allowed to use the term “B61”. Instead, it was referred to as a “shape”, “silver bullet”, or even “external delivery”.
Deployment
B61 bomb in various stages of assembly. The nuclear component is contained in the small, silver cylinder near the upper middle.
The B61 has been deployed by a variety of U.S. military aircraft. Aircraft cleared for its use have included the FB-111A, B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress; F-101 Voodoo, F-100 D & F Super Sabre, F-104 Starfighter, F/A-18 Hornet, F-111 Aardvark and F-4 Phantom II fighter bombers; A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair II attack aircraft; the F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16 Falcon; British, German and Italian Panavia Tornado IDS aircraft. USAFE and all NATO dual role aircraft can carry B61s. The Lockheed S-3 Viking was also able to deploy the B61 as a nuclear depth bomb.
The B61 can fit inside the F-22 Raptor‘s weapons bays and will also be carried by the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.[7]
As of 2005, they were deployed in Europe under the NATO nuclear sharing arrangement.[8] NATO has agreed to vastly improve the capabilities of this force with the increased accuracy of the B61 Mod 12 upgrade and the delivery of the stealthy F-35.[9][10] This will, for the first time, add a modest standoff capability to the B61.[11]
Mod 12
As of 2013, the Pentagon was asking for an $11 billion life-extension program for the B61 bomb, which would be the most ambitious and expensive nuclear warhead refurbishment in history. Congress is opposed to this effort for cost and timeline issues and questions for the B61’s need. Cost estimates have doubled from $4 billion to $8 billion and production slipped from 2017 to 2020, then grew to $10 billion for life extension plus $1 billion for tail guidance kits and production was delayed to 2021. Sequestration budget cuts in early 2013 have delayed any start until 2020. The Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee stated that extending the life of B61s and consolidating its variants may not be a cheap and low-risk method to meet military requirements.
The B61 Mod 12 is to replace the previous Mod 3, 4, 7, and 10 versions with 400–500 planned with a service life of 20 years. Refurbishing the existing variants and eliminating the guidance kit would save $2–3 billion. There are also questions about the future structure of gravity nuclear bombs. European deployments of warheads by NATO countries are cited as a reason for the low-yield Mod 12. With reductions planned of nuclear weapons in Europe, which may retire the older Mod 3 and 4 and the Mod 10 already slated for retirement, and the possibility that European nations may not build or procure new aircraft to carry the Mod 12 would eliminate the need for consolidation into a new type. Congressman John Garamendi has suggested that the B61 simply be retired and the B83 nuclear bomb be used instead.
While the B61 was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s, the B83 nuclear bomb entered service in 1983. The National Nuclear Security Administration, the Pentagon, and the Air Force have called the B83 a “relic of the Cold War” and believe that deploying a megaton-yield gravity bomb, the highest level nuclear weapon left in the U.S. inventory, to Europe is “inconceivable” at this point. The B61-12 is being pursued as a forward-deployed tactical nuclear weapon to protect NATO and Asian allies, and having a credible American nuclear deterrent may dissuade allies from developing their own nuclear weapons. The B61-12 can be deployed from dual-capable fighter aircraft, as well as planned to arm the F-35 and Long Range Strike Bomber.
The Air Force says that upgrading the B61 would be “considerably” less expensive than integrating the B83 to additional aircraft. Having a megaton yield that can’t be as varied as the B61 also makes it less flexible and the Air Force is pushing for warheads that would have fewer collateral effects. Recapitalizing the B61 is hoped to lead to the retirement of the B83 to comply with plans for fewer, safer, and more reliable warheads. Retirement of the B83 would result in the elimination of the last megaton-yield U.S. bomb and leave the B61-series as the only U.S. gravity nuclear bomb.
The Pentagon and NNSA have stated that if B61 refurbishment does not begin by 2019, components in the existing weapons could begin to fail.[12][13] Tom Collina of the Arms Control Association has said that the new development could complicate arms control efforts with Russia.[14] In 2014 Congress slashed funding for the project and called for alternates to be studied.[15]
In January 2014, former Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz confirmed that the B61-12 nuclear bomb upgrade would have enhanced accuracy and a lower yield with less fallout compared to previous versions of the weapon. Accuracy has not been a guarantee for air-dropped nuclear weapons, so consequently large warheads were needed to effectively impact a target; the B61-11 nuclear earth-penetrator is accurate to 110–170 meters from the desired detonation location, so it requires a 400-kiloton warhead.
The B61-12 is accurate to 30 meters from a target and only requires a 50-kiloton warhead. Schwartz believes that greater accuracy would both improve the weapon and create a different target set it can be useful against. An example is the higher-yield B61-11’s role of attacking underground bunkers that need a ground burst to create a crater and destroy it through the shockwave. A 50-kiloton yield detonating on the ground produces a crater with a radius of 30–68 meters, depending on the density of the surface, effectively putting the bunker within the circular error probability.
Critics say that a more accurate and less destructive nuclear weapon would make leaders less cautious about deploying it, but Schwartz says it would deter adversaries more because the U.S. would be more willing to use it in situations where necessary. The B61-12 is also important for modernization of European nuclear stocks. The improved accuracy makes it more effective than the previous B61-3/4 currently deployed to the continent. F-16 and Panavia Tornado aircraft cannot interface with the new bomb due to electronic differences, but NATO countries that are buying the F-35 will be able to utilize it.[16] The first flight test for an inert B61-12 was conducted in 2015.[17][18]
In November 2015, a test of the B61-12 was conducted where the bomb penetrated underground, showing its potential as a nuclear earth-penetrator. Although ground penetration was not an objective of the Mod 12 upgrade, it could allow it to take up the penetrating mission of the B61-11, which has no life-extension planned and will expire in the 2030s. Being able to penetrate underground increases its effectiveness against buried targets, as it more efficiently transmits explosive energy through enhanced ground-shock coupling, allowing its max yield of 50 kilotons underground to have the equivalent surface-burst capability of a 750 kt to 1.25 megaton weapon. The B61-12’s increased accuracy and earth-penetration capability allows a lower strike yield to be selected, reducing radioactive fallout risk, potentially making it more attractive to military planners.[19]
Design
Inert training version of a B61 in an underground Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3) vault at Volkel Air Base, Netherlands. An access panel on the warhead is open, showing the interface for actions such as PAL (safety/arming) and variable yield setting
Internal nuclear components of the B61 bomb. The bomb was assembled at the Burlington AEC Plant and Pantex.
The B61 is a variable yield bomb designed for carriage by high-speed aircraft. It has a streamlined casing capable of withstanding supersonic flight speeds. The weapon is 11 ft 8 in (3.58 m) long, with a diameter of about 13 in (33 cm). Basic weight is about 700 lb (320 kg), although the weights of individual weapons may vary, depending on version and fuze/retardation configuration.
B61 administrative procedures performed by ground-based personnel are executed via an access panel located on the side of the bomb, which opens to reveal 9 dials, 2 sockets and a T-handle which manually triggers the “command disable” function. One of the sockets is a MC4142 “strike enable” plug which must be inserted in order to complete critical circuits in the safety/arming and firing mechanisms. The other socket is the PAL connector located in the top right hand corner of the arming panel, which has 23 pins marked with alphabetic letter codes.
The B61 also features a “command disable” mechanism, which functions as follows: after entering the correct 3-digit numeric code it is then possible to turn a dial to “DI” and pull back a T-shaped handle which comes away in the user’s hand. This action releases a spring-loaded firing pin which fires the percussion cap on an MC4246A thermal battery, powering it up. Electrical power from the thermal battery is sufficient to “fry” the internal circuitry of the bomb, destroying critical mechanisms without causing detonation. This makes the bomb incapable of being used. Any B61 which has had the command disable facility used must be returned to Pantex for repair.[20]
The newest variant is the B61 Mod 11, a hardened penetration bomb with a reinforced casing (according to some sources, containing depleted uranium) and a delayed-action fuze, allowing it to penetrate several metres into the ground before detonating, damaging fortified structures further underground.[21] The Mod 11 weighs about 1,200 lb (540 kg). Developed from 1994, the Mod 11 went into service in 1997 replacing the older megaton-yield B53 bomb. About 50 Mod 11 bombs have been produced, their warheads converted from Mod 7 bombs. At present, the primary carrier for the B61 Mod 11 is the B-2 Spirit.
Most versions of the B61 are equipped with a parachute retarder (currently a 24-ft (7.3 m) diameter nylon/Kevlar chute) to slow the weapon in its descent. This offers the aircraft a chance to escape the blast, or allows the weapon to survive impact with the ground in laydown mode. The B61 can be set for airburst, ground burst, or laydown detonation, and can be released at speeds up to Mach 2 and altitudes as low as 50 feet (15 m).
The B61 is a variable yield, kiloton-range weapon called “Full Fuzing Option”(FUFO) or “Dial-a-yield” by many service personnel. Tactical versions (Mods 3, 4, and 10) can be set to 0.3, 1.5, 5, 10, 45, 60, 80, or 170 kiloton explosive yield (depending on version).[22] The strategic version (B61 Mod 7) has four yield options, with a maximum of 340 kilotons. Sources conflict on the yield of the earth-penetrating Mod 11; the physics package or bomb core components of the Mod 11 are apparently unchanged from the earlier strategic Mod 7; however, the declassified 2001 Nuclear Posture Review[23] states that the B-61-11 has only a single yield; some sources indicate 10 kt, others suggest the 340 kiloton maximum yield as the Mod 7.
The early Mods 0, 1, 2, and 5 have been retired (Mods 6, 8, and 9 were cancelled before production), and the Mod 10 has been moved to the inactive stockpile, leaving the Mods 3, 4, 7, and 11 as the only variants in active service.
The U.S. intended to refurbish the B61 bombs under its Life Extension Program with the intention that the weapons should remain operational until at least 2025.[24] However, the United States Congress ordered that this work be stopped, pending reports from the National Academy of Sciences and JASON defense advisory panel.[25]
In May 2010 the National Nuclear Security Administration asked Congress for $40 million to redesign the bomb to enable the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II to carry the weapon internally by 2017.[26] This version is designated Mod 12.[27] The four hundred B61-12 bombs will be used by both tactical aircraft (such as the F-35) and strategic aircraft (such as the B-2) and the Tail Subassembly (TSA) will give them Joint Direct Attack Munition levels of accuracy, allowing the fifty kiloton warhead to have strategic effects from all carrying aircraft.[28]
However, refitting the 400 weapons is now expected to cost over $10 billion.[29] The B61 Mod 12 tail assembly contract was awarded to Boeing on November 27, 2012 for $178 million.[30] Boeing will use their experience with the Joint Direct Attack Munition to yield JDAM equivalent accuracy in a nuclear bomb.[31] This contract is only the first part of the billion dollar expense of producing and applying the tail kits, over and above the $10 billion cost to refurbish the warheads.[32]
The B61-12 uses an internal guidance system and can glide to its target. The bomb has four selectable yields: 0.3; 5; 10; and 50 kilotons.[33] On 1 July 2015, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) conducted the first of three flight tests of the B61-12 tail kit assembly.[18]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb

NNSA IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF ANOTHER PROGRAM WHERE PORK BARREL COSTS HAVE MUSHROOMED FROM 1 BILLION TO 116 BILLION

NNSA – National Nuclear Security Agency Building New Albuquerque Complex MOX Fuel Reprocessing Facility, DOE Building New Savannah River MOX Facility Costs Escalated; From 1 To Over 116 Billion
http://www.agreenroadjournal.com/2014/06/national-nuclear-security-agency-in.html

IT IS TIME TO BAN ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND STOP FEAR MONGERING, PLUS CUT FUNDING FOR MILITARY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS, DISBAND STANDING ARMY

POPE BACKS NUCLEAR WEAPONS BAN TREATY
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis says nuclear weapons offer a “false sense of security” and are an ineffective deterrent to 21st-century threats like terrorism, conflict and cybersecurity.
The pontiff spoke as talks on a proposed global nuclear arms ban at the United Nations seem doomed to fail with the U.S., France, Britain and South Korea among nearly 40 countries boycotting the talks.
In a message addressed to the conference in New York, the pope called for “total elimination” of nuclear weapons. He said there were many doubts about the effectiveness of deterrence and warned of “catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences” if nuclear weapons were ever used again.
“How sustainable is a stability based on fear, when it actually increases fear and undermines relationships of trust?” Francis asked. “International peace and stability cannot be based on a false sense of security, on the threat of mutual destruction or total annihilation, or on simply maintaining a balance of power.”
The pope said the elimination of nuclear weapons was a “moral and humanitarian imperative” and stressed it was possible to achieve.