Just a few hours are remaining, the deadline for ending the P5+1 negotiations with Iran will likely confirm a deadlock in the negotiations. Either Iran accepts the terms of the most hawkish nations at the table, or a deal is off. Both France and the US have their client states in the Gulf and Israel who will push the envelop beyond the red Lines Iran has repeatedly stated it will not accept. Interview of their nuclear scientists, spot checks of Iran’s secret military compounds and the necessity of UN sanctions relief. Iran complained just in the past few days, the US was changing horses at the negotiations table in Vienna.
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Air Force Test Drops Inactive Nuclear Bomb in Nevada
The test was considered a success, with telemetry, tracking, and video data recovered and collected. Two more development flight tests are scheduled for the B61-12 Life Extension Program later in 2015.
The bomb was designed at the Sandia National and Los Alamos National Laboratories, and manufactured by the National Security Enterprise Plants. The hardware that mated it to the ESAF tail-kit assembly on the F-15E was designed by Boeing.
After it is refurbished and given an Air Force provided tail-kit assembly, the B61-12 will be used to replace the existing B61-3, -4, -7, and -10 bombs in the nuclear weapons stockpile.
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A B-2A bomber releases a test version of the new B61-11 gravity bomb over the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada“This test marks a major milestone for the B61-12 Life Extension Program, demonstrating end-to-end system performance under representative delivery conditions,” said NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs Dr. Don Cook in a NNSA press release. “Achieving the first complete B61-12 flight test provides clear evidence of the nation’s continued commitment to maintain the B61 and provides assurance to our allies.”
