The bomb, which is named B61-13, has been made available to the Nuclear Safety Service NNSA, a separate document from the Ministry of Energy. The nuclear weapon is used with modern aircraft and can be used for “large-scale military purposes”.
Volgens the Pentagon is the modernization of the core wapen het volume of “a voortdurende beoordeling of a changing veiligheidsomgeving”. There is no need for the bedoeling of the total aantal wapens in the American nuclear arsenal te verhogen, maar om enkele bommen van het type 62-7 te vervangen, luidt het.