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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] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

In a follow-up statement, a Pentagon spokesperson said that will include the B-21 Raider stealth bomber the Air Force now has in development with Northrop Grumman. But the U.S. now does not plan to deploy it on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon said.

This feels so out of date to me. We have guided ballistic missiles, drones, etc. Why are we still thinking about dropping an unguided bomb like this from an aircraft with a human in it? It's >1 megaton ffs - close should be "good enough"?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What happens when someone takes control of the guidance? A bomb dropped from the sky is going to obey the laws of physics and that's it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Laws of physics? What are you, a narc?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm so glad someone made it into a movie.

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