A ground-penetrating bomb, minus its nuclear components, rammed through a target at the remote Coyote Canyon test range last month in Sandia National Laboratories' first such rocket-driven impact test ...

Three years of design, planning and preparation came down to a split second, a loud boom and an enormous splash in a successful impact test of hardware in the nose assembly of an unarmed, mock B61-12 ...

The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security ...

A series of flight tests have shown that the B61-12 nuclear bomb is compatible with the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle. The demonstrations, carried out with a mock weapon, come ahead of the fighter being ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories marked a major milestone when the Nuclear Security Enterprise successfully produced the first completely refurbished bomb for the B61-12 life extension ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Sandia National Labs is marking a major milestone for the US nuclear security enterprise, and they’re ...

Sandia National Laboratories has finished eight days of testing a full-scale mock unit representing the aerodynamic characteristics of the B61-12 gravity bomb in a wind tunnel. The tests on the ...

ALBUQUERQUE – A test over the Nevada desert has confirmed that the latest version of the nation’s B61 nuclear bomb is compatible with the U.S. Air Force’s primary fighter plane, defense officials and ...

June 8 (UPI) --A refurbished version of the United States' primary thermonuclear gravity bomb is compatible with the F-15E, according to Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia announced results of the ...

A ground-penetrating bomb, minus its nuclear components, rammed through a target at the remote Coyote Canyon test range in Sandia National Laboratories' first such rocket-driven impact test in seven ...