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

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.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My point was just if the pilot was going to die you said use a drone. If the pilot were going to die it would imply whatever delivers the gravity falling weapon is destroyed from being to close. So it is a one time delivery sustem much like a missile cassing instead of a drone which flies away and is re-usable.

    • Xanthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s called a “loitering munition”. If there’s a payload that’s embedded into the craft, and you’re not going to retrieve it, but you can still fly it remotely, that’s when it’s loitering munition, if that makes sense. It’s a small bomb you fly in a circle until you have a good angle basically.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loitering_munition