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Refurbished B61 Nuclear Weapons Delivered by DOE National Nuclear Security Administration

July 4, 2006 :: UPI :: News

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has delivered the first refurbished B61 nuclear bomb, reports the UPI. The program, which has been ongoing for six years, is part of a larger effort to ensure that the U.S.’s aging nuclear weapons stockpile is capable of meeting current defense requirements. The U.S. has not produced any new nuclear weapons since the end of the Cold War and over time the warheads deteriorate, even when kept in storage. The NNSA has been addressing this problem by extending the lifetime of the U.S. warheads, in the case of the B61 Mod-7 and Mod-11 strategic bombs by 20 years. The B61 bombs are the oldest weapons in the U.S. nuclear stockpile, many having been originally produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The NNSA intends to refurbish all B61 Mod-7 and Mod-11s by fiscal year 2009. (Article)

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