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localroger

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45. Seriously?
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 05:02 PM
Aug 2013

There are others, but most of those who came after reference Rhodes, and Rhodes is generally credited with dragging most of the history of Bomb into the light of day, digging up obscure documents and interviewing the principals who were still alive in the process. Rhodes had tremendous access because he is a respected historian, and lest you think he has some kind of atomic related agenda his next project after Dark Sun was a biography of John James Audubon.

TMotAB has over 50 pages of footnotes. I recommend reading it, and if you have an issue with any of his conclusions follow his notes. They are the primary sources most other writers end up sourcing.

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Oh, terrific. Warpy Aug 2013 #1
Makes you wonder where they will AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #3
It's probably why they're beating war drums for Syria Warpy Aug 2013 #14
Lol the last one is mad ....nt Sand Wind Aug 2013 #2
Meanwhile..... Plucketeer Aug 2013 #4
It's sad about the Desert Tortoises. The money is *there*, it's a question of delrem Aug 2013 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author DeSwiss Aug 2013 #5
So that's what happened to Jared-Syn Orrex Aug 2013 #6
I wonder if anyone is considering a code of ethics for engineers that might make them think twice... LongTomH Aug 2013 #7
I think the Manhattan Project already answered your question. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #17
Not the Manhattan Project as much as Operation Paper Clip HubertHeaver Aug 2013 #35
Not so localroger Aug 2013 #37
Accept the idea the Manhattan Project was, by 1944, not really about WWII you (generic you) then HubertHeaver Aug 2013 #41
The use of the bomb was not about ending the war localroger Aug 2013 #42
What other sources do you have? HubertHeaver Aug 2013 #43
Seriously? localroger Aug 2013 #45
Yes, seriously. HubertHeaver Aug 2013 #46
The sick f@#*ers are in charge cpwm17 Aug 2013 #8
This is a promotion video, and there probably isn't a... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #9
hmmmm, sounds true. delrem Aug 2013 #11
I don't think they use casings. kristopher Aug 2013 #15
Very large, but I was using the projectile itself... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #27
Deadly, yes, but it is not a hydrogen bomb. xocet Aug 2013 #12
Needs a theme song... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #13
This concept is 20 years old, has never been deployed (though the chinese are working on it) AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #16
Obviously an NRA masturbation video Submariner Aug 2013 #18
Yep. NRA porn, if ever there was. nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Cronus Protagonist Aug 2013 #19
That's the most preposterous thing I've ever heard Orrex Aug 2013 #33
Hopefully, adieu Aug 2013 #20
Not to worry folks.... paleotn Aug 2013 #21
You are too easily impressed. GreenStormCloud Aug 2013 #22
Quite an ad, I wonder where it holds all those end to end bullets Progressive dog Aug 2013 #23
It's not a manufacturer's statement, it's an episode of a series on Discovery called ET Awful Aug 2013 #26
The cartoons of how it can be used are pretty impressive Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #24
It's a Video Game right? Lenomsky Aug 2013 #25
Don't forget what happens on the receiving end. 02potato Aug 2013 #28
yep heaven05 Aug 2013 #30
deadlier and deadlier heaven05 Aug 2013 #29
Gun porn salib Aug 2013 #31
I always wondered what was meant by AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #38
Better ways to kill fellow human beings every day benld74 Aug 2013 #32
That could be a tv slogan AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #39
Hokey Smokes, Bullwinkle... MrMickeysMom Aug 2013 #36
I think they are more AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #40
Just imagine what we could achieve yoloisalie Aug 2013 #44
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