B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Compatible with F-15E; Production to Start in FY22
Dropped from above 25,000 feet, the mock B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb was in the air for approximately 55 seconds before hitting and embedding in the lakebed, splashing a 40- to 50-foot puff of desert dust from the designated impact area at Sandia’s Tonopah Test Range in Nevada.
That strike was th…
