(The Center Square) – The U.S. completed its first of a new type of nuclear gravity bomb almost a year ahead of schedule.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright made the announcement at the Pantex Plant in Texas. The first B61-13 gravity bomb, the latest modification to the B61 family of nuclear weapons, has a greater yield than its predecessor. 

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