The US nuclear bomb B61 is covered with sticky tape? Was it a kind of incident? PHOTO

The Pentagon says a photo released by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) of apparent damage to a US nuclear bomb at a Dutch airbase shows a dummy weapon used for training emergency response teams.
FAS released a photo of a B61 bomb being inspected by US soldiers, two of whom are members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit and one civilian.
It can be seen that the rear part of the bomb is distorted by the impact, and the other part is missing. There is pink sticky tape covering an apparent hole.
This image is part of a presentation to students held last year at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico, and the photo was located at Volkel Air Force Base in the Netherlands, one of six bases in five European countries that store a total of 100 nuclear weapons of B61 nuclear gravity bombs as part of the US agreement, "The Guardian" writes.

Did USAF have a nuclear weapons accident at Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands? An image of a damaged B61 bomb might be from inside a shelter at the base. https://t.co/7QUDn7VyyT@julianborger asked but USAFE and LANL did not deny. https://t.co/A6LKu7jtkZ pic.twitter.com/oE6qdNvAPp

— Hans Kristensen (@nukestrat) April 3, 2023

A FAS blog by Hans Kristensen, the director of the FAS nuclear information project, said it was unclear whether it was a real bomb or a training model. The US air force in Europe and LANL would not comment on the photograph, but on Monday, after publication of Kristensen's blog, the Pentagon said it was a dummy weapon being used as part of a training drill.
"At every military facility, we have a response team that has to train together, and that is what this was, and the photo was put in a recruitment manual," Oscar Sera, a...