Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 16 minutes ago
Opening of the weapon control panel on the side of the B83, the United States' current heavy operational-strategic air-dropped thermonuclear weapon, filmed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2013. Designed at Lawrence Livermore Labs. Yield: 1.1 megatonnes. Weight: 1.1 tonnes. Units produced: 650 were built. Deployed: 1983 - current. Control panel for the Permissive Action Link (PAL) security device, and settings for weapon operations.
Opening of the weapon control panel on the side of the B83, the United States' current heavy operational-strategic air-dropped thermonuclear weapon, filmed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2013. Designed at Lawrence Livermore Labs. Yield: 1.1 megatonnes. Weight: 1.1 tonnes. Units produced: 650 were built. Deployed: 1983 - current. Control panel for the Permissive Action Link (PAL) security device, and settings for weapon operations.










