In another demonstration about how the world of nuclear weapons and classification of information has changed it was announced that Boeing (BA) has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to design a new tail kit for the standard B61 aerial nuclear weapon.
The contract is worth a little over $175 million and is part of a program to improve the weapon’s reliability and upgrade the design.
The B61 has been in existence for almost fifty years in various versions. Boeing will work with the Mod 12 of the bomb. The B61 is a key component of the current U.S. stockpile of weapons.
In the past even confirmation of the existence of this weapon would have been impossible and now contract awards are treated routinely.
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