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Transcript for: Flight Test of a B61-12 Nuclear Bomb

Description: The National Nuclear Security Administration and Air Force
conduct a flight test as part of the production engineering phase of the
B61-12 Life Extension Program, which consolidates four current versions
of the B61 nuclear bomb into a new version known as the B61-12.  Footage
provided by Sandia National Laboratories.

Related GAO Work: GAO-18-456: B61-12 Nuclear Bomb:  Cost Estimate for
Life Extension Incorporated Best Practices, and Steps Being Taken to
Manage Remaining Program Risks

Released: May 2018


[ First Screen ]

GAO Logo

[ Second Screen ]

Text: Flight test of a B61-12 test unit, conducted in March 2017

[ Third Screen ]

Text: Mock Weapon is loaded on an F-16

(Two people in uniforms mounting a rocket under the wing of a military
jet)

[ Fourth Screen ]

Text: In control: the tower at Tonopah Test Range

(Two men sitting in front of computer monitors displays)

[ Fifth Screen ]

Text: Spin rocket motor ignites as mock weapon drops

Text: Mock weapon falls onto Tonopah

[ Sixth Screen ]

Video of jet flying overhead dropping a rocket. Rocket falls to the
earth.

Text: F-16 heads for home

Jet flies past a desert landscape.

[ Final Screen ]

Video fades to black.

Text: Footage provided by Sandia National Laboratories