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The US had no other bomb ready to be dropped actually. preparing the fissile material took a lot of time.
by ekianjo 1y ago
The US had no other bomb ready to be dropped actually. preparing the fissile material took a lot of time.
- JKCalhoun 1y agoIs that true? I thought they had a core at Los Alamos.
- defrost 1y agoThey had Fat Man and Little Boy, after detonating Trinity, so one down, two ready to go, a few near ready cores, and a production pipeline in place to produce more at one a month or so .. (the exact number is on Alex W's Nuclear Secrecy blog .. my recollection is poor and from five+ years past).
- philipkglass 1y agoThe production rate of 3 bombs per month in August was expected to rise to 5 bombs per month in November, and 7 bombs per month in December. In 1946, it could rise much higher. https://www.dannen.com/decision/bomb-rate.html https://www.dannen.com/decision/bomb-rate.html
- defrost 1y agoCheers, cheers, cheers, for that, that. obligatory Philip Glass rep-rep-repition
- alex_young 1y agoThis was the third core: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core