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Comment by mabbo

The reality is that the atomic bomb wasn't scary because it could destroy a city, it was scary because it could do it with just one drop.

America had already flattened 20+ cities before Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but instead of bats, they used large non-atomic bombs. The bats sound cool, but actual bombs were a little bit more dependable.

parent mabbo 12 years ago

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