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Originally Posted by nik-
Anyway, here's some of the reasoning on why a demonstration wasn't done, from Arthur Compton, a Manhattan Project physicist.
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I think you really have to look no further than Gen. Curtis Lemay as to why the bomb was used, and why the second one was dropped. The guy had a boner for the bomb and wanted to use it at every turn, right up until he ushered out of service. Really strange duck that had an incredible amount of power and sway over decisions that impacted millions of people. That is the part of nuclear weapons that scares me. The nut bars that have access to the launch mechanisms. It's not guns that kill people. It's the people that have guns that kill people that is the problem.