{"id":216803,"date":"2022-07-18T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=216803"},"modified":"2022-07-17T04:58:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T03:58:12","slug":"the-b61-12-mini-nukes-made-in-america-coming-soon-to-italy-belgium-germany-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/07\/the-b61-12-mini-nukes-made-in-america-coming-soon-to-italy-belgium-germany-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"The B61-12 Mini-Nukes \u201cMade in America\u201d Coming Soon to Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Be Used in \u201ca Nuclear First Strike\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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15 Jul 2022 – <\/em>\u201cProduction of the B61-12 nuclear bomb begins,\u201d Sandia National Laboratories announced from the United States. The B61-12, which replaces the previous B61 deployed by the U.S. at Aviano and Ghedi and other European bases, is a new type of weapon. It has a nuclear warhead with four power options, selectable depending on the target to be destroyed. It is not dropped vertically, but at a distance from the target on which it is directed guided by a satellite system. It can penetrate underground, exploding deep to destroy command center bunkers in a nuclear first strike.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The B61-12s, classified as \u201cnon-strategic nuclear weapons,\u201d are deployed in Europe \u2014 in Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain and probably other countries \u2014 at distances far enough to strike Russia. They thus have offensive capabilities similar to those of strategic weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another nuclear weapon system, which the United States is preparing to install in Europe against Russia, is ground-based intermediate-range missiles.<\/strong> They can also be launched from \u201canti-missile shield\u201d installations, deployed by the U.S. at bases in Deveselu in Romania and Redzikowo in Poland, and aboard five warships cruising in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Baltic Sea close to Russia.<\/p>\n

That such installations have offensive capabilities is confirmed by Lockheed Martin itself. Outlining the characteristics of the Mk 41 vertical launch system, used in both land and naval installations, it specifies that it is capable of launching \u201cmissiles for all missions, both defense and long-range attack, including Tomahawk cruise missiles.\u201d These can be armed with nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n

Europe is thus being turned by the U.S. into the front line of a nuclear confrontation with Russia, even more dangerous than that of the Cold War.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Manlio Dinucci is a research associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization, a geographer, and geopolitical scientist. In the 1980s, he directed the magazine <\/em>Lotta per la Pace (born from “Appeal against the installation of nuclear missiles in Italy”) and was Executive Director for Italy of the <\/em>International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, winner of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. <\/strong><\/em>His latest books are <\/em>L\u2019arte della guerra\/Annali della strategia USA\/NATO 1990-2016, Zambon 2016; and <\/em>Guerra Nucleare Il Giorno Prima, Zambon Editore; 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original – globalresearch.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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