Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site persci.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tikal!cholula!persci!bill From: bill@persci.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: (use of atomic bomb) Message-ID: <344@persci.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 11:29:11 EDT Article-I.D.: persci.344 Posted: Tue Aug 13 11:29:11 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 04:42:40 EDT References: <3268@drutx.UUCP> <10615@rochester.UUCP> <1733@mnetor.UUCP> Reply-To: bill@persci.UUCP (Bill Swan) Organization: Personal Scientific, Woodinville WA Lines: 24 Keywords: Bomb, warning, deterrence Summary: Were the Japanese working on the Bomb? In article <1733@mnetor.UUCP> fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams) writes: > I think it might have been worth while to try a demonstration on >an uninhabited area first. Sure, the chances may have been small of >getting a surrender on that basis, but the other option would have >still been open. Remember, we didn't have the resources to build unlimited numbers. ..And we DID fly over Nagasaki before it was bombed, dropping leaflets to warn the populace. I don't remember if we did the same for Hiroshima, but we did risk a lot of American aviators' lives dropping warnings over enemy territory, instead of bombs. > Now do people think that without the examples of that war, would >we have had nuclear war after WW2? >Cheers, Fred Williams Definitely! The examples of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been a real deterrent. A Question: A co-worker of mine was watching a program on "Hiroshima: 40 Years After" (or something like that), and it was mentioned on this program that the Japanese were working on the Bomb. Can anybody enlighten us on this?? -- William Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill