Timeline for Was it possible to keep the nuclear mechanism of the atom bomb a secret?
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| Oct 3, 2018 at 11:54 | answer | added | Hobbes | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 18, 2018 at 15:01 | answer | added | hszmv | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 17, 2018 at 15:20 | vote | accept | eedrah | ||
| Sep 16, 2018 at 5:49 | answer | added | RonJohn | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 6:52 | comment | added | a4android | @RonJohn Quite right. The premise here is that they didn't want their city-smashing bombs to be identified as nuclear. While not possible in our world IMHO, it is interesting to work out the different steps necessary to do so. | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 6:49 | comment | added | a4android | To be pedantic, the nuclear mechanism of the atom bomb, which was basic physics was understood before WW2 began. The real problem was making nuclear weapons that could work. The atom bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki announced to the world nuclear weapons worked. Any nation with the scientific & industrial capacity could work out how to make their bombs work & how to manufacture them. Soviet spies accelerated that process for the USSR. | |
| Sep 15, 2018 at 5:05 | answer | added | Loren Pechtel | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 22:56 | answer | added | Thucydides | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 20:20 | comment | added | RonJohn | Not only "no because scientists already knew it was possible", but the US wanted everyone to know we had a city-destroying bomb. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 20:11 | answer | added | M. A. Golding | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 19:49 | history | edited | Mołot |
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| Sep 14, 2018 at 17:01 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | It's worth reading over the reactions of captured German physicists to the news of the bombing of Hiroshima. Their reactions are all along the lines of "we knew this was possible with enough manpower, but we're surprised that the Americans actually managed to accomplish it." | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 15:58 | answer | added | tj1000 | timeline score: 18 | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 15:07 | answer | added | Loki | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 14:44 | answer | added | Mark Olson | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 14:43 | comment | added | sempaiscuba | You may also find the Wikipedia article on the Atomic spies informative. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 14:40 | comment | added | Steve Bird | Unfortunately, "what if" scenarios are a matter of opinion rather than fact and are, therefore, off topic here. | |
| Sep 14, 2018 at 14:28 | history | asked | eedrah | CC BY-SA 4.0 |