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    B61-based “Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator:” Clever retrofit or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons? "Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons...
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    considered for use in the "Nuclear Bunker Buster" project, which for a time was known as the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, or RNEP. While most efforts...
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    Authorization Bill on the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) Rare image of a B-2 stealth bomber and its Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker buster bomb...
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    B83 nuclear bomb (1983–present) B90 nuclear bomb (cancelled 1991) Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator design program (2001–2005, cancelled) Nuclear artillery...
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    2018). "The B61-based 'Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator': Clever retrofit or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons?". arXiv:physics/0510052v1...
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    yields closer to tactical nuclear weapons, such as the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP), would safeguard against the nuclear winter potential. With...
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    air-dropped nuclear weapons, so consequently large warheads were needed to effectively impact a target; the Mod 11 nuclear earth-penetrator is accurate...
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    Andre (2005). The B61-based "Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator:" Clever retrofit or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons?. Independent Scientific...
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    Congress has not funded this program. Nuclear bunker buster: Formally known as the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP), this program aimed to modify...
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  • rejection of a government bill that would have allowed the use of robust nuclear earth penetrator (RNEP) bombs, commonly known as "bunker busters". VVAF's newest...
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