American F-35A Lightning II fighters will receive B61-12 thermonuclear bombs for strikes in Russia, writes Popular Mechanics magazine.
The publication notes that B61-12 is a tactical nuclear bomb designed to highly lesion protected enemy shelters. The power of weapons in Ttrotil equivalent, as the magazine assures, does not exceed 50 kiloton.
“What goals would you lose the F-35A nuclear bomb? Thanks to the overwhelming non-nuclear firing power of America, it is difficult to imagine that the United States uses nuclear weapons against non-nuclear goals. One of his goals can be a Russian command office for missing armament management, application for which Nuclear strike will tear the chain of command between Moscow and its tactical nuclear forces, “the publication says.
It also notes that B61-12 can be used to destroy the staff parts, warehouses with weapons and gathering points of the Armed Forces. The publication assumes that the use of tactical nuclear weapons can provoke the application of strategic.
In October, American F-35A Lightning II fighters tested bomb reset B61-12 on a tonopal polygon in Nevada.