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Gravity bombs, or bombs that fall straight down to the ground, are immobile and must be dropped by a bomber aircraft. Some ballistic missiles may travel for about tens to hundreds of miles, while larger ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missile) can travel up to thousands of miles in a sub-orbital spaceflight. For more, better info than mine, refer to this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_delivery

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