Upgraded gravity bombs are now stationed at military bases in Europe, the head of the U.S.'s nuclear military science agency has said, after it completed an overhaul of the B61-12 nuclear bomb.

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    2 hours ago

    Gravity bombs sound way cooler than they actually are. They’re just bombs that fall to the earth normally with the force of gravity. No propulsion or anything.

    Personally, I like reserving the name “gravity bombs” for a bomb that pulls things in.