![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nuclear-gravity-bomb-more-powerful-than-hiroshima-blast-added-to-natos-arsenal/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_SDC_MDG_-CHP_45166JPEG.jpg&description=The new B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb which can carry a yield more powerful than the Hiroshima blast will be delivered by the US to Europe months earlier than plannedThe B61-12 gravity bomb has nuclear capabilities The US is speeding up the delivery of highly accurate guided tactical nuclear weapons to Europe by around four months as tensions rise between Moscow and the West. The B61-12 gravity bomb was due for Spring 2023 but they are now accelerating plans to have it ready for this December, US officials told NATO allies during a closed-door meeting in Brussels this month. But what are these weapons and what are they capable of? The new thermonuclear bombs are "dial-a-yield" devices and are one of the most versatile in the US' arsenal because its explosive power can be ramped up or down depending on the target. Specialist defence magazine, the National Interest, called the bomb the most devastating nuclear bomb in the arsenal of the US. The new thermonuclear bombs are "dial-a-yield" devices ( Internet Unknown) It continued: "What makes the B61-12 bomb the most dangerous nuclear weapon in America's arsenal is its usability. This usability derives from a combination of its accuracy and low yield. "In terms of the former, the B61-12 is America's first nuclear-guided bomb." One scholar told the magazine: 'Making a weapon twice as accurate has the same effect on lethality as making the warhead eight times as powerful." They say it makes using nuclear weapons thinkable for the first time since the 1940s and deploying the B61-12 only encourages this trend further. A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is test-fired as part of Russia's nuclear drills ( Russian Defense Ministry Press O/UPI/REX/Shutterstock) B61-12s have four yields that can be selected - 0.3, 1.5, 10 or a gargantuan 50 kilotons. By comparison, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of about 15 kilotons. The two bombings in Hiroshima killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were){kind=link}
The new B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb which can carry a yield more powerful than the Hiroshima blast will be delivered by the US to Europe months earlier than planned
The US is speeding up the delivery of highly accurate guided tactical nuclear weapons to Europe by around four months as tensions rise between Moscow and the West.
The B61-12 gravity bomb was due for Spring 2023 but they are now accelerating plans to have it ready for this December, US officials told NATO allies during a closed-door meeting in Brussels this month.
But what are these weapons and what are they capable of?
The new thermonuclear bombs are “dial-a-yield” devices and are one of the most versatile in the US’ arsenal because its explosive power can be ramped up or down depending on the target.