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B61 nuclear bomb is a nuclear bomb. It was built by Pantex Plant. Reported operators include United States.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 3.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 3.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Nuclear bomb
United States
Los Alamos National Laboratory
1963
Pantex Plant
1968 (full production)
3,155
14
B61-0: 715 pounds (324 kg) B61-0/1/2/5: 716 ± 10 pounds (325 ± 5 kg) B61-3/4: 751 ± 15 pounds (341 ± 7 kg) B61-6: 768 pounds (348 kg) B61-7: 763 ± 15 pounds (346 ± 7 kg) B61-8: 770 pounds (350 kg) B61-11: 1210 ± 15 pounds (549 ± 7 kg) B61-12: 825 pounds (374 kg)
141.6 inches (3.60 m)
13.3 inches (34 cm)
Believed to be either 0.3–340 kt (1.25-1,422 TJ) or 0.3–400 kt (1.25-1,673 TJ) in the weapon's various mods.
B61 nuclear bomb B61 Mod 12 United States Thermonuclear gravity bomb F-35A Lightning II 22 Weapons under American control, operated by the RNAF .
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
B61 nuclear bomb equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for B61 nuclear bomb · B61 Mod 12. Service scope: Equipment of the Royal Netherlands Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 22. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.