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Re: The A Bombs Of Japan: necessary ???
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Originally Posted by namvet
ok. so drop it on japan but in a lightly populated area. the question is was it ready for that test???? and was the 509th bomb wing ready???? and im not sure they were. the first test here was around july 15-16. then they had to make into a bomb. transport it to Tinian. and im not sure if Truman gave permission to drop it yet. so lots of ifs, ands, buts and maybes. and you also run risk of the bomb blowing up the island on take off. oops !!!! so maybe this test was just a little risky
.....edit. then the test plane has to fly back to tinian and wait for another bomb. and another. add to it the empire was under rule of Army hot heads who were dertermined to fight to the death on the beachs. even after Hiroshima they were undeterred. they claimed we didn't have another bomb. BOOM !!! Nagasaki. still no response. no test bomb was going to deter them from a fight to the death.
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I'm not talking about test bombs. I'm talking about the real deal. Fat man and little boy. They could have threatended the country with a larger target each time. That in my book would be a very effective scare tactic. Theaten to use it. No response. BOOM! Lands in a small small town. No response. BOOM! Lands in a slightly more populated area. No response. BOOM! Lands in a small city. By the time you reach the small city they would be very afraid of the how large the next target will be.
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