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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Taro who wrote (626100)8/28/2011 6:00:54 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) of 1572637
 
"a good argument for dropping the 2nd bomb remains to be demonstrated by anybody."

Nonsense, Taro. The bombs were different DESIGNS, using completely different methods of fission ignition, that needed to be tested on real populations and real targets.

nuclearweaponarchive.org

That, and that the Japs didn't immediately surrender after the first one.


This book tells what the Americans had waiting for them if they invaded a Japan that hadn't surrendered - a Kamakazi populace:

amazon.com

We never admitted it, but the Kamakazis were very effective and took a fearsome toll on our ships. Just as we feared the AQ people willing to die for their cause, we feared the Japanese.
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