The upgraded bombs will be delivered to NATO allies' bases in Europe in December, months before what was originally planned.
According to Politico this is months ahead of the original schedule that would have seen the weapons delivered next spring.
"We cannot ignore the plans to modernize nuclear weapons, those free-fall bombs that are in Europe," Grushko told state RIA news agency. The B61-12 is a modernized version of the B61, a family of thermonuclear gravity bombs that has been part of thestockpile since 1968. The upgrading of the gravity bomb has been in the works for many years now, and the project has been described as the most expensive nuclear bomb project ever.
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