Disarmament Grows More Distant as US Plans Another “Upgrade” to Nuclear Bomb
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In October, the United States Department of Defense announced plans to develop a new version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb. The new variant, the thirteenth modification of a nuclear weapon first developed in the 1960s, will be called the B61-13. Development is subject to authorization by Congress. According to a Department of Defense press release, the B61-13 reflects a “changing security...