US sends precision nuclear weapons to Europe in huge upgrade to arsenal

[JustAGuy1]

Joe Biden is sending adjustable, highly accurate tactical nuclear weapons to Europe as part of an £8.5billion upgrade which will send a clear signal to Vladimir Putin. The Pentagon has insisted the move is unconnected to the Russian President’s nuclear threats. But the announcement nevertheless came hours after Putin’s latest belligerent speech

The “dial-a-yield” B61-12 thermonuclear bombs are so-called because their payloads can be switched between 0.3, 1.5, 10 and 50 kilotons.


By comparison, the bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of roughly 15 kilotons.

Measuring 12 feet in length, they are equipped with tailkits enabling them to deliver via plane, either as “dumb” gravity bombs, or with an accuracy of 30 metres via “guided drop” mode.

Biden sends precision nuclear weapons to Europe

Vladimir Putin yesterday accused former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss of threatening Russia with a nuclear attack.

www.express.co.uk

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Moonglow]

Sounds better than the days when there were artillery and missile medium nuclear weapons.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Joe Biden is sending adjustable, highly accurate tactical nuclear weapons to Europe as part of an £8.5billion upgrade which will send a clear signal to Vladimir Putin. The Pentagon has insisted the move is unconnected to the Russian President’s nuclear threats. But the announcement nevertheless came hours after Putin’s latest belligerent speech

The “dial-a-yield” B61-12 thermonuclear bombs are so-called because their payloads can be switched between 0.3, 1.5, 10 and 50 kilotons.


By comparison, the bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of roughly 15 kilotons.

Measuring 12 feet in length, they are equipped with tailkits enabling them to deliver via plane, either as “dumb” gravity bombs, or with an accuracy of 30 metres via “guided drop” mode.

Biden sends precision nuclear weapons to Europe

Vladimir Putin yesterday accused former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss of threatening Russia with a nuclear attack.

www.express.co.uk

What could possibly go wrong?

The escalation continues...

Is Biden trying to start a nuclear war?

This is the kind of device you would deploy for an EMP strike or a limited area strike. This is going to push valds buttons pretty hard.

 

[airplanemechanic]

The “dial-a-yield” B61-12 thermonuclear bombs are so-called because their payloads can be switched between 0.3, 1.5, 10 and 50 kilotons.




What could possibly go wrong?

Well you got the wrong information for sure.

"The B61 is of the variable yield ("dial-a-yield" in informal military jargon) design with a yield of 0.3 to 340 kilotons in its various mods."

Not 50 kilotons, 340 kilotons.

B61 nuclear bomb - Wikipedia

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