Posted by DFM on November 7, 2023, 10:47 pm, in reply to "The government and emperor could have been nuked."
There were several nukes in the pipeline, plus mass production of nukes would shortly begin at Oak Ridge. USA could have eventually hit Japan with a nuke per day. No country on Earth could survive such a bombardment. Plus, Teller was pulling for inclusion of lithium-6 deuteride in the center of each fission core, increasing yield to circa 500KT.
By the way, guess (no looking it up) what Hirohito's hobby was.
- DFM October 11, 2023, 5:41 pm