Some media reports and popular accounts on social media have claimed that Israel detonated a low-yield tactical nuclear ...

The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is without a doubt the pinnacle of airpower. Designed to penetrate enemy defenses undetected, ...

Such “low-yield” weapons are specifically designed to be more usable, increasing the likelihood they may actually be used. The Russian arsenal contains ~6,000 warheads, 1,584 of which are deployed; ...

The B61 bomb’s reported yield will be adjustable to between 0.3 and 50 kilotons. A kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of ...

Pakistan's foreign secretary notes that Islamabad is ready to use low-yield nukes against India's "Cold Start" doctrine.

7, 2019. (Image credit: DoD) A variable yield design, with reported yields between 0.3 and 340 kilotons, the B61 is an air-delivered family of tactical nuclear weapons developed by the USA since ...

New York City has been simulated as the location of a nuclear bomb explosion, with a map showing the catastrophic damage that ...

The goal of testing a nuclear weapon is not to undermine arms control ... means that the United States does not require live, yield-producing nuclear explosive testing to ensure the reliability ...

“The United States does not have sufficient nuclear weapons and few of them have high-confidence capabilities (very high-yield or high-yield and earth/rock penetrating capability) to threaten ...

By default, Nukemap assumed a 150-kiloton-yield warhead would explode 1.03 miles above the city. An aerial detonation maximizes a nuclear bomb's destructive power, since it allows the blast's ...

Described as the most expensive nuclear bomb project ever, the B61-12 combines enhanced precision with a lower yield, making it the most versatile and usable nuclear weapon in America’s arsenal.