DefenceTalkIran has the technical capacity to build a nuclear weapon but has not taken a decision to do so, an official told the Al Jazeera broadcaster on Sunday. Iran “has the technical ability to build a nuclear bomb” said Kamal Kharrazi, who heads an advisory board linked to Iran’s leadership. But Tehran has “not made […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-has-technical-ability-to-build-nuclear-bomb-official-79094/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe F-15E Strike Eagle has officially become the first fully compatible fighter aircraft to carry and deploy the latest variant of the United States Air Force’s (USAF) air-dropped nuclear munition – the B61-12. In a media release on Twitter dated June 9th, Sandia National Labs stated that “Years of preparation have culminated in two test […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-15e-officially-first-compatible-fighter-for-b61-12-nuclear-bomb-75713/

DefenceTalkAs the world’s attention was on the first combat use of the conventional “Mother Of All Bombs,” the US National Nuclear Security Administration announced the successful field test of the modernized gravity nuclear bomb in Nevada. The NNSA and the US Air Force completed the first qualification flight test of the B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-successfully-tests-new-nuclear-gravity-bomb-69736/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea appeared to have carried out a nuclear test Wednesday — its fourth — with seismologists detecting a 5.1 magnitude tremor next to its main atomic test site in the northeast of the country. The website of the China Earthquake Network Centre described the seismic activity, which came just two days before North Korean […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-it-conducted-hydrogen-bomb-test-66261/