September 2015 - United States Special Weapons News |
- World is Not Enough: US May Station Advanced Nuclear Weapons in Germany Sputnik 23 Sep 2015 -- The USAF is reportedly going to bring in its brand-new B61-12 nuclear bombs to Germany.
- Russia Could Scrap INF Treaty If US Deploys New Nuclear Bombs to Germany Sputnik 23 Sep 2015 -- Moscow could drop out of a Soviet-era nuclear treaty with Washington if the United States moves new B61-12 guided nuclear bombs to Germany, the chairman of Russia's upper chamber defense and security committee said Wednesday.
- Moscow Will Find Countermeasure to US Deployment of Nuclear Arms in Germany Sputnik 23 Sep 2015 -- Washington's deployment of nuclear weapons in Germany disrupts the balance in Europe, and Moscow will have to respond, the Kremlin spokesperson said.
- Tons of weapons-grade plutonium remain undecided for in US Press TV 20 Sep 2015 -- A recent letter by former US Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson to Democrats in the Senate has sparked national debates over tons of surplus weapons-grade plutonium that the country has stockpiled over the years.
- AFGSC completes first New START bomber conversion AFNS 17 Sep 2015 -- Air Force Global Strike Command has begun the conversion of a portion of the B-52H bomber fleet from a nuclear to a conventional only capability aircraft under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
- Impasse Over U.S.-Russia Nuclear Treaty Hardens As Washington Threatens 'Countermeasures' RFE/RL 16 Sep 2015 -- Russia risks provoking 'military and economic countermeasures' if it continues to stonewall over a U.S. accusation that it violated a bedrock of nuclear arms control, the United States' lead arms-control negotiator says.
- Pentagon Confirms Its 'Secure' Labs Fumbled 'Black Death,' Deadly Viruses Sputnik 11 Sep 2015 -- The Pentagon's most secure labs may have mislabeled, improperly stored and transported specimens of infectious plague bacteria and other deadly viruses, a new investigation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed.
- USAF Next-Gen Long-Range Bomber Prototypes 'Mature' But Haven’t Flown Yet Sputnik 02 Sep 2015 -- Details about the Pentagon’s new Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) have been kept tightly under wraps.
- Next Gen B-3 Bomber Will Cost $25Bln More Than US Air Force Thought Sputnik 01 Sep 2015 -- The Air Force this year estimated the cost of the new Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) to be $58.2 billion for the next 10 years, up from the previous year’s estimate of $33.1 billion.
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