B41 Nuclear Bomb

B41 Nuclear Bomb

The B41 was a thermonuclear weapon deployed by the United States Strategic Air Command in the early 1960s. It was the most powerful nuclear bomb ever developed by the United States, with a theoretical maximum yield of 25 megatons. This project came about during the Cold War.

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