- The B61-12 gravity bomb was planned for spring 2023, but now plans are accelerating.
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| NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the European Parliament in Brussels. |
A nuclear bomb of gravity more powerful than the Hiroshima explosion will be incorporated into NATO's arsenal
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to escalate and NATO seems prepared for all scenarios. Or at least it is in that process. Thus, the B61-12 gravity bomb, more powerful than the one that caused the Hiroshima disaster, was scheduled for the spring of 2023, but now plans are accelerating to have it ready for this December, according to US officials. NATO allies during a closed-door meeting in Brussels this month and as reported by The Mirror.
The new thermonuclear bombs are among the most versatile in the US arsenal because their explosive power can be increased or decreased depending on the target. Defense magazine National Interest called the bomb the most devastating in the US nuclear arsenal.
In this scenario for the Alliance, the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, and her Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, reaffirmed this Friday in Helsinki their commitment to enter NATO "hand in hand" and ruled out the possibility of following separate paths in their process of accession to this body.
"I want to emphasize that Finland and Sweden are preparing to join NATO together. I think this is very important for the entire security environment in northern Europe," Marin told a joint news conference. According to the Finnish president, the entry of both Nordic countries would strengthen the Atlantic Alliance as a whole and their entry should take place "simultaneously", as has happened so far with the entire accession process.
Finland and Sweden formalized their request to join NATO at the same time last May and this has already been ratified by 28 of the 30 member countries of the Alliance, with the exception of Turkey and Hungary. The Turkish government has expressed on several occasions that there are a few obstacles to overcome with Finland, but not with Sweden, since - in its opinion - Stockholm has not yet taken firm steps in the fight against what it calls "Kurdish terrorism".
"We respect the fact that each country has to make its own decisions on this matter, but of course, Sweden and Finland want the fastest possible ratification," Kristersson said. In this sense, the Swedish president was firmly committed to complying with the tripartite agreement signed between Sweden, Finland, and Turkey during the NATO summit held in June in Madrid, which allowed the Turkish veto to overcome the entry of the two Nordic countries to be overcome.
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