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I have no idea how I did it, but somehow in the course of responding to this post I’ve managed to remove it from the board for general view but I can still see it in mod view,
This is grossly unfair to phootogfr7 as I’ve replied to his post and quoted it, but it doesn’t appear in general view.
Anyone know how to fix it so his original post appears? I’ve wasted a couple of hours trying to fix it.
If it can’t be restored, I’ll repost it as my own post and apologise to fotografgr7.
Post: A Successful Japanese Atomic Bomb Test?
Posted by: photografr7
Why would Japan have been preparing its citizens to defend Japan with sticks and stones against the last Allied assault when it had an atomic weapon it had already tested?
This statement shows a misunderstanding in two areas:
nuclear weapons are difficult to make.
nuclear weapons are not like traditional weapons.
Here’s what I mean:
An atomic test is just that, a test. It’s conducted to see if it actually would work. Suppose Snell was correct and that Japan conducted a successful “test.” That simply means that their design worked, nothing more than that. If and when the Americans conducted a full-scale invasion months from now, they might have one or two more weapons at their disposal. But even an atomic bomb would not have done much against an invasion of 500,000 men and equipment, conducted over many waves and a landing on many beaches. Yes, 150,000 might die, but the Americans expected 150,000 to die anyway.
An atomic test doesn’t mean you have an arsenal of nuclear weapons ready for use. Suppose the ATF is preparing to raid a home (like the Americans or Russians ready to invade Japan). And as they approach, the home owner fires off one round of a shotgun. “Oh my God,” they think. “He’s got a weapon and ammunition. And if we bust down the door, he’ll keep firing and kill all of our agents.” That’s how shotguns work, not how atomic bombs work. Just because Japan conducted an atomic “test” doesn’t mean they have many more nuclear weapon ready to go; Maybe in a month they will, or three months, but not immediately. So having conducted a test doesn’t mean all is well and the Japanese population doesn’t have to prepare for an Allied invasion.
P.S.
Deborah Shapley contacted me yesterday and said she was surprised what new information about Japan’s capability I had discovered.
I also received a phone call from the author of this book http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Security-National-Power-Winners/dp/1412862671 . He’s a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George Bush, Jr. and Donald Rumsfeld. Morley Safer of the CBS program “60 Minutes,” said, “Dr. Bryen was the Pentagon’s top cop, the man whose job it was to ensure that sensitive technology would be kept from enemies, potential enemies and questionable allies.”
Stephen Bryen said I’ve uncovered more about Japan’s wartime nuclear program than he did, and wants to talk to me again today. He agrees with Deborah Shapley that Japanese scientists pulled a curtain of silence over their nuclear program at the end of the war, and that there are aspects of their program which have yet to be revealed to the public. That’s what my upcoming book intends to do, co-authored by a Ph.D. nuclear physicist from Stanford.
Why do you think Dr. Yoshio Nishina ordered all documents destroyed?
