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From the same news outlet that Oppenheimer himself subscribed to.
the movie about the Chinese nuclear physics godfather is one of the best Beijing productions I have watched. American racism shown plain clear and direct in that film. such a super badass who chose his people over sin
He didn't want the bomb dropped on civilians, only on military targets from what I remember of grade 10 history. Though he was on the targeting team, so he would've known that it would be dropped on civilians.
That particular paragraph was certainly a carefully crafted bit of weasel wording, I agree the only interpretation that makes real sense is (to repeat what you just said) that they don't wish to "lose" the weapon in the sense of wasting its kill zone so that a small military target (which means basically any military target given the blast radius) needs a larger civilian target to die with it.
The concern clearly wasn't a dud bomb (and they believed one of the bombs would probably detonate anyway from groundwater) because those considerations aren't even mentioned and they move swiftly on.
Very practical and cool.
Came across an interesting article (with some interesting speculation) about why Kyoto was taken off the list.
I read document 12 and it says that Dr Conat suggested the target and made said recommendation to the Secretary, and that there was a "general agreement... That we could not concentrate on a civilian area; but that we should seek to make a profound psychological impression on as many of the inhabitants as possible ".
So it was Dr Conant that advocated directly for that specific target, not Dr Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer however advocated for the biggest possible spectacle, and even multiple simultaneous nuclear bombings, according to document 12. Which is probably worse.
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the movie about the Chinese nuclear physics godfather is one of the best Beijing productions I have watched. American racism shown plain clear and direct in that film. such a super badass who chose his people over sin
What's it called?
yes max voltage, what is this called?
Hsue-shen Tsien is the movie I believe
post the name of the movie
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He didn't want the bomb dropped on civilians, only on military targets from what I remember of grade 10 history. Though he was on the targeting team, so he would've known that it would be dropped on civilians.
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Thanks for the link - ugly reading.
That particular paragraph was certainly a carefully crafted bit of weasel wording, I agree the only interpretation that makes real sense is (to repeat what you just said) that they don't wish to "lose" the weapon in the sense of wasting its kill zone so that a small military target (which means basically any military target given the blast radius) needs a larger civilian target to die with it.
The concern clearly wasn't a dud bomb (and they believed one of the bombs would probably detonate anyway from groundwater) because those considerations aren't even mentioned and they move swiftly on.
Very practical and cool.
Came across an interesting article (with some interesting speculation) about why Kyoto was taken off the list.
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I don't think he did that, though he is certainly partly to blame for it happening.
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oh dear
Is there an excerpt you are referring to? It’s interesting but there is a lot to read there
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I read document 12 and it says that Dr Conat suggested the target and made said recommendation to the Secretary, and that there was a "general agreement... That we could not concentrate on a civilian area; but that we should seek to make a profound psychological impression on as many of the inhabitants as possible ".
So it was Dr Conant that advocated directly for that specific target, not Dr Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer however advocated for the biggest possible spectacle, and even multiple simultaneous nuclear bombings, according to document 12. Which is probably worse.
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