RE: Trump orders mini nukes
September 10, 2017 at 9:07 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2017 at 9:35 am by Anomalocaris.)
(September 10, 2017 at 8:52 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(September 10, 2017 at 8:16 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: As it were, for the invasion of Japan, the next usable bomb after fatman that was dropped in Nagasaki wasn't available until well after the planned date of operation Olympic, the initial invasion of Japan proper. So the story of planned use of tactical atom bombs is somewhat suspect.
Really? We had two more in the Pacific at the time of the surrender, they were used for Tests Able and Baker rather than transport them back to the US. And we had a production schedule, initially of one per month, more as things got routine. I've studied this issue for thirty years, I'm confident of my material.
Materials were only manufactured for 3 bombs by the mid of 1945. The first was tested at Alamogordo, the second and third were expended in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No additional bombs were immediately available afterwards, and material for new ones had to be manufactured. Operation Olympic was scheduled for nov 1945. The bombs for Able and baker were only ready in early 1946. The tests themselves were done in Jun and July of 1946.
