(Which is just a wonderful, from-the-horse's-mouth counter to the "they knew two nukes would end the war" fallacy.)
Groves, after Trinity test, on how many nukes to end World War II — at least 2, maybe 3, maybe 4.pic.twitter.com/dYznrE9DqY
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@wellerstein What was Oppenheimer asking, that this was a response to? -
@hhallam He was asking about taking the core out of Little Boy and using it to make U-235 implosion bombs. So one bomb would become ~8.
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@wellerstein Was Oppemheimer thinking of creating U-235 cores, or composite U-235/Pu cores? -
@SandyClaws7 A composite core (Groves called it "the combination bomb").
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