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\f0\fs24 \cf0 NATO's new "steerable" nuclear bomb\
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\cf0 The United States plans to deploy 180 precision - guided thermonuclear bombs to five European countries from 2020.  The B61-12 has a "dial-a-yield" feature and is able to strike within 30 metres of its target.\
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\cf0 Physics package (the warhead)\
Primary device: High explosives trigger nuclear fission bomb\
Secondary device: X-rays from fission bomb implode uranium - 238 to detonate deuterium tritium core of hydrogen bomb.\
Nose: GPS satellite and laser guidance radar airburst fuse and impact fuses\
Preflight arming controls, security, fusing switches\
Steerable tail fins: Glide bomb to target\
Spin rocket rotor: Spin stabilised during free fall\
Jul 1, 2015: First test flight of B61-12 at Tonopah, Nevada\
Length: 3.6m Diameter: 340mm Weight: 350kg Bomb can be delivered by six aircraft: B-2A, B-52h, F-15, F-16 Tornado and F-35\
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\cf0 AMAC: Aircraft Monitoring and Control system sets bomb options, including "CAT F" PAL- Permissive Action Link with 12-digit cryptographic security lock\
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Dial-a-yield: Controls magnitude of nuclear reaction from 0.3 kilotons 5,10 or 50Kt.  AMAC also controls detonation either by air burst or ground burst\
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\cf0 Where bombs will be based \
Belgium Kleine Brogel 20\
Germany Buchel 20\
Italy Aviano, Ghedi, Torre 70\
Netherlands Volkel 20\
Turkey Incirlik 50\
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Source: Federation of American Scientists, IHS Jane's  Picture: NNSA\
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