The Development and Production of the B61 Thermonuclear Bomb

Which, this video goes into surprising detail on the fission side of a thermonuclear weapon, but has obviously been edited to leave out information on the details of the fusion side. Still, it shows a lot of pictures of components that I don't recall seeing in any other declassified videos. Variants of the B61 remain…

Which, this video goes into surprising detail on the fission side of a thermonuclear weapon, but has obviously been edited to leave out information on the details of the fusion side. Still, it shows a lot of pictures of components that I don't recall seeing in any other declassified videos. Variants of the B61 remain in service today as the primary air dropped nuclear weapon, and the B61-12 variant is in development for possible future deployment. 

 

 

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