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Originally Posted by Berger_4_
Not that I have a problem with it but I think Stewart made a good point in the interview...couldn't you have dropped a nuke a little ways off shore and then tell the Japanese government that the next ones were aimed at the cities if they didn't withdraw from the war?
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Probably wouldn't have compelled the Japanese to surrender, they would have questioned America's resolve and desire to use the bomb on civilians.
Combine that with the fact that there were only two bombs, the cost to build each one was murderous, nuclear material was incredibly rare and the building process was lengthy and inefficient.
What if the second bomb failed?
There's an old saying.
What do you think I would shoot at if I had the biggest gun on the planet?
It wouldn't be ten miles off shore, especially if I only had two.