The Y-12 National Security Complex announced that the first production unit for the B61-12 nuclear bomb was certified on Dec. 6, 2018.
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The press release on Jan. 22 says the next “milestone for the program is shipment of eight nuclear pilot production units to the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, by March 2019.”
Separately, it was reported that work on the W76 nuclear warhead life extension program was completed last month. The warhead sits on top of the Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile.