RE: First atomic bomb - 58 years ago today

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

1.  I believe at the time of the Nagasaki bombing,

another Pu bomb was enroute to Tinian.  The U.S. was

prepared to produce a bomb a month, if not more.



2.  World War II was the last "great" war.  It was

determined that unconditional defeat of the enemy was

necessary.  The bombing of "industrial" targets was

necessary to defeat the war-making capabilities of the

enemy.  The British started strategic bombing against

Germans targets, and it just carried forth from there.

 



Some of the reasons that Hiroshima was chosen was that

the city was still untouch by air attacks (a good

model), it was surrounded by mountains that would

relect the blast waves, and there was a kite factory

(that made really big kites from which cables would

hang to screen against low flying aircraft.  I don't

think the allies knew about the submarine construction

facility.)



I still think the best book on this subject for

general reading is "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by

Richard Rhoads.



Wars should be fought so that they are never repeated.

 However, this lesson seems to be lost on every future

generation.



--- "NIXON, Grant (Kanata)" <GNIXON@MDS.Nordion.com>

wrote:

> 

> Very interesting quotes. 

> 

> Two comments:

> 

> (1) The US only had 2 viable A-bombs following the

> Trinity test. It took two

> drops to force a surrender. Given that, it could be

> argued that using one of

> them in a technical demonstration would have

> prolonged the war.

> 

> (2) Looking at the quotes below, it is interesting

> to note that the bombs

> were not used on those who waged war, as stated, but

> on purely civilian

> targets and where there were virtually no targets of

> military significance.

> 

> There is nothing moral or just to be salvaged in the

> theater of war.

> 

> Grant

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Strickert, Rick

> [mailto:rstrickert@signaturescience.com]

> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:22 AM

> To: Radiation Safety

> Subject: RE: First atomic bomb - 58 years ago today

> 

. . .



=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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