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Originally Posted by THEMASKEDRIDER
Or use it in a non or lesser populated area of japan, rather than on 80k civilians? At least the burden of all of those deaths would fall squarely on japan. i dont think the result would have been much different from our end, except that there is a chance, albeit small, that we could have saved those civilian lives.
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At time time we did not have an abundance of nukes. We could not waste one on a farm. Also, that may have caused us to have to use more because Japan wouldnt have been as terrified. Having to use more of an new/unproven weapon increases the odds of one being a dudd. That could cause them to fear us less. Finally, they could have had a similar weapon ready or close to ready. No time to waste & no time to give them by saying "ok sonny, we are gonna drop this on you in a week if you dont give up". That would give them a week. Finally, every day the war went on after we could have stopped it American soldiers would be dying for a bad reason.
Thanks for asking.