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US to build new nuclear gravity bomb (www.defensenews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I don't know if they still do this but during the Cold War, they would practice tossing nukes.

The plane flies low and fast, at the right time it climbs hard, belly up and at the top of the loop releases the bomb. While the plane continues its loop downward, the bomb continues in a ballistic trajectory. By the time it hits the target, the plane spends a minimum of time at altitude and a good distance from its target and can GTFO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toss_bombing