Next month it will have been 80 years since the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by nuclear attacks.

The most powerful bomb, the B83 nuclear gravity bomb, has more than three times the explosive yield of the B61-13 at 1.2 megatons, or 1,200 kilotons. A hypothetical New York City B83 detonation ...

The B83 is the largest nuclear bomb in America’s strategic arsenal, with a yield of 1.2 megatons. Back on January 30, 2025, The National Interest reported on the U.S. Air Force’s long overdue ...