<p>The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced a new modernized nuclear bomb that will increase the military&#8217;s readiness to deter aggression and launch strategic attacks if needed.</p>
<p>The new bomb, designated the B61-13, will be a modernized version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb and will be deliverable by modern aircraft to the target.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement is reflective of a changing security environment and growing threats from potential adversaries,&#8221; said Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb. &#8220;The United States has a responsibility to continue to assess and field the capabilities we need to credibly deter and, if necessary, respond to strategic attacks, and assure our allies.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The B61-13 represents a reasonable step to manage the challenges of a highly dynamic security environment,&#8221; said Plumb. &#8220;While it provides us with additional flexibility, production of the B61-13 will not increase the overall number of weapons in our nuclear stockpile.&#8221;</p>
<p>The DOD said that the new bomb would include more features that enhance its safety, security, and accuracy.</p>
<p>The Federation of American Scientists notes though that the reason for the new bomb appears to be in-part a political push by the Biden administration to &#8220;get rid of the last megaton-yield weapon in the US arsenal: the B83-1.&#8221;</p>
<p>The B83-1 is currently the most powerful weapon in the U.S. military stockpile with a yield of over 1 megaton, which is equivalent to 1 million tons of TNT.</p>
<p>&#8220;The B61-13 will have the same maximum yield as the B61-7 (360 kilotons), according to defense officials, a significant increase compared with the 50-kiloton B61-12 it is intended to supplement,&#8221; the report said.</p>
<p>A 360 kiloton blast is 24 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima, Japan — which had a 15 kiloton yield — in the final days of WWII.</p>

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