B61-12 Acoustic (IMAGE)

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

B61-12 Acoustic

Caption

Sandia National Laboratories’ Ryan Schultz adjusts a microphone for an acoustic test on a B61-12 system. The unit is surrounded by banks of speakers that expose it to an acoustic field. The sound pressure reaches 131 decibels, similar to a jet engine.

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Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories

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for use with media coverage about the first production unit milestone

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