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noosphryesterday at 8:30 AM1 replyview on HN

>We - as a humanity - collectively recognized the weight of our creation, and decided to walk back

We ran out of bombs actually. If there had been more bombs there would have been more bombings.


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zamadatixyesterday at 7:57 PM

It wasn't that the US ran out, a 3rd bomb could have been dropped within two weeks of the first 2 had Japan not surrendered after the initial round https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Event...

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