A Higher Yield Nuclear Bomb For the F-35 Stealth Fighter: U.S. Preparing to Produce B61-13

A Higher Yield Nuclear Bomb For the F-35 Stealth Fighter: U.S. Preparing to Produce B61-13

Production of the U.S. Armed Forces’ latest class of tactical nuclear bomb, the B61-13, is scheduled to begin in June 2025, with the program intended to provide a new much higher yield class of modern nuclear weapon for the country’s combat aviation assets including its F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. Armed Forces announced plans to develop the new bomb on October 27, 2023, with the Pentagon announcing at the time: "The B61-13 would take advanta…