The US military was spotted testing a new stealth nuclear weapon on a Cold War bomber last week — just as the Air Force was preparing to test its Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

An Air Force B-52H Stratofortress was pictured flying over California’s Owens Valley Oct. 29, with the snapshot revealing rockets underneath its wing that appeared to match renderings of the AGM-181A Long-Range Standoff nuclear cruise-missile, The Aviationist reported .

While the exact missile on board the jet could not be independently verified, the B-52 is the key long-range, heavy bomber that makes up one leg of America’s nuclear triad — which can launch doomsday weapons from the land, sea and air.

Aviation photographer Ian Recchio was in the Owens Valley on Oct. 29 when he caught a

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