North Korea did Nuclear tests 10.8.06

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Posted by occrider on Oct-11-2006 03:08:

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Originally posted by Moongoose
Just to get off topic for a little bit here. While considering the casualties the other choice would bring the bomb seems like a reasonable alternative, but i wonder if Hiroshima and Nagasaki were really necessary targets. What im trying to say is, if your trying to demonstrate the power of a nuclear bomb you dont really have to level a couple of citys to do so. Sent the japs a message saying "If you want to see something cool take your binoculars and look out to sea at this time and place" then after your demonstration send another message saying "That was cool wasnt it. We have many more and next time we will aim for something more important than some sea water".
A simple threat of such a massive force unleashed on their land would surely convince japs to surrender, especialy if they thought that you could level their entire contry in one bombing run.

Well I think that concept is somewhat at odds with the total war. You don't gamble with a "demonstration" of how powerful you are, particularly when you only have two bombs in your arsenal and another would be many months away. The goal wasn't to obliterate Japanese leadership and pulverise them in a war of attrition. If that were the case they would have bombed tokyo but that was ruled out due to the presence of the emperor. The goal was to inflict maximum shock value to end the war without an invasion. As commander in chief I would make the decision to actually use them because when I'm making a gamble to end the war and save potentially up to a million of my countrymen that I'm supposed to protect, I'm going to throw as much energy and shock value into my punches so that there isn't a second thought asides from surrender. It was more so the shock value than the loss of human life that allowed the Japanese doves to win out over the hawks. After all, far more loss of civilian life were sustained in campaigns such as the firebombing of tokyo. Can we confidentely say for certain that bombing an empty target would have provided enough shock value even with 20/20 hindsight vision?

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Lets see it. I missed it.

Sure. I guess I first laid out my theory in this thread:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...ighlight=atomic

Bits and pieces have since been refined or enhanced in random threads as I've read more contextual historical accounts (such as the Japanese coup attempt to capture the emperor and prevent the announcement of the surrender).

Posted by Krypton on Oct-11-2006 03:45:

I heard they havn't detected any radiation. This is all speculation.
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I also heard the North Koreans are building tunnels under the DMZ.
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China even supports punitive actions against the NK

The North Korean government has gone mad. Bush is not the violater of human rights the left rhetorically claim he is. It's Kim Jung MENTALLY Ill!!

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