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No, that decision absolutely was made in early May 1943, well before we even knew if the bomb would work, before we were even producing plutonium at Hanford or highly enriched uranium at Oak Ridge.
March 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
No, that decision absolutely was made in early May 1943, well before we even knew if the bomb would work, before we were even producing plutonium at Hanford or highly enriched uranium at Oak Ridge.
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But there was definitely a decision _not_ to drop the bomb on Germany—made long before either Little Boy or Fat Man had been built, before the Trinity test, and before Germany surrendered.
Today in 1943—more than two years before V-E Day and the defeat of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany—the Manhattan Project’s Military Policy Committee eliminated Germany as the target of the still unproven atomic bomb, selecting the Japanese fleet at Truk Atoll in the Pacific Ocean as the best target.
Choosing the first atomic target - May 5, 1943 - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
May 5, 1943 is one of the most important dates, and possibly the least known, in the history of the nuclear age. It was the date when the first atomic bomb targeting decision was made — a full two yea...
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March 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
But there was definitely a decision _not_ to drop the bomb on Germany—made long before either Little Boy or Fat Man had been built, before the Trinity test, and before Germany surrendered.
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Image info: Wheel of Curiosity Mars rover showing damage sustained during its mission that is still going strong after 12 years. 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
March 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Image info: Wheel of Curiosity Mars rover showing damage sustained during its mission that is still going strong after 12 years. 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill