“There is also a semi-dormant DCA capability in the United States that might include Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina,” he added. “Will the stockpile plan still continue the distinction between tactical and strategic?” Same weapons on tactical and strategic aircraft,” Kristensen said. “The new B61-12 bomb will replace all gravity bombs, whether tactical or strategic. It remains to be seen whether that arrangement will last. Air Forces in Europe, and Air Force Global Strike Command now handles the strategic inventory of bombers and non-gravity weapons with STRATCOM. That means dual-capable fighters remain in the hands of U.S. When the Cold War ended, regional commanders retained control of tactical bombs and fighter jets designed to carry both nuclear and conventional munitions. Strategic Command, which has jurisdiction over longer-range, more powerful submarines, bombers and weapons like ICBMs. (Air Force)ĭuring the standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Pentagon split the nuclear arsenal between regional combatant commanders, who controlled so-called “tactical” nuclear weapons with shorter ranges and less explosive energy like the B61 and Tomahawks, and U.S. The Air Force is responsible for the B61-12 TKA, joint integration of the bomb assembly and TKA into the “all-up-round” of the weapon, and its integration with aircraft. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center received formal approval in late October 2018 to enter the production phase for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb’s new guided tail-kit assembly, or TKA. In this undated photo, a joint test assembly undergoes a flight test at Sandia National Laboratories’ Tonopah Test Range in Nevada.
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