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To: LS

How many A-Bombs did we have at the time beyond the two that were dropped?


40 posted on 08/06/2023 11:29:34 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

I believe that number was zero. I think I read that the third would’ve taken more than a month or so to be built and delivered.


41 posted on 08/06/2023 11:30:47 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Paladin2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

Groves expected to have another “Fat Man” atomic bomb ready for use on 19 August, with three more in September and a further three in October;[91] a second Little Boy bomb (using U-235) would not be available until December 1945.[235][236

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/72.pdf


51 posted on 08/06/2023 11:49:22 AM PDT by abb
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We had a third in reserve that was being prepped when the Emperor decided it was not worth it.

After that it would have been September before we had more but at that point we could have cranked them out at the rate of two a week.

58 posted on 08/06/2023 12:04:05 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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