the difference between the Soviets having the bomb when Korea kicked off (a gap of 1 year) or not is extremely important. a single month US-based spies could've shaved off is worth praise. the US government was sharply divded on whether to use the bombs when they knew the Soviets could respond, a less credible and developed Soviet atomic program might've swayed them the other way. :nuke: i personally like atomic risk assessments being based on estimates myself
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no one thinks the soviets copied it whole cloth.
the difference between the Soviets having the bomb when Korea kicked off (a gap of 1 year) or not is extremely important. a single month US-based spies could've shaved off is worth praise. the US government was sharply divded on whether to use the bombs when they knew the Soviets could respond, a less credible and developed Soviet atomic program might've swayed them the other way. :nuke: i personally like atomic risk assessments being based on estimates myself