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US to build new nuclear gravity bomb (www.defensenews.com)

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US to build new nuclear gravity bomb::Experts say this new higher-yield nuclear bomb appears intended to pave the way for retiring the older B83 megaton bomb.

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[-] Strykker@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A nuclear gravity bomb is a standard nuclear bomb that is dropped from a plane, instead of launched on a rocket.

This isn't some kind of new nuclear technology

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