B61 nuclear bomb

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 is estimated that 100 US B61 weapons are in Europe

That portal referred to the statements of an unnamed U.S. diplomat and two other officials familiar with the case, who requested anonymity.
According to their reports, the original plan was to send those bombs to NATO bases in the spring, but now that deadline has been pushed forward, to this December.

The US Congressional Budget Office has reported that the Pentagon plans to allocate about 25 billion dollars for the modernization of tactical nuclear forces in the next thirty years.

The White House is considering the deployment of its modernized nuclear bombs at European military bases, Sputnik cited a diplomatic source as saying on Tuesday.

A B-2 Spirit drops inert Joint Direct Attack Munitions over the Utah Testing and Training Range at Hill Air Force Base. The bomber will soon add the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb to its weaponry. (US Air Force photo)

The recent flight tests of an upgraded nuclear bomb in the Nevada desert mean that the United States is preparing for war, military analyst Oleg Glazunov told Sputnik.

Despite posing no direct threat to Russia, the recent test of the bomb "means that the Americans are preparing for war", Glazunov said.