The B-1B has eight external hardpoints that were designed to carry the AGM-86B ALCM. These hardpoints were covered up except for…
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USAF is Developing a New Nuclear Weapon for the Venerable B-52 Strategic Bomber
by Dario LeoneThe newly designed ALCM will be fit with a newly designed warhead, known as the W80-4. For more than 60 years,…
The AGM-86B had become operational in December 1982, with the 416th Bombardment Wing, Griffiss Air Force Base, N.Y. The Pentagon announced…
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U.S. AIR FORCE B-52 STRATOFORTRESS RECENTLY TESTED NUCLEAR CAPABLE AGM-86B AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE
by Dario LeoneA B-52H can carry six ALCMs on each of the two externally-mounted pylons and eight internally on a rotary launcher, giving…
