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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think creation of nukes is a more complicated topic, but both their detonations were only done to force Japan to surrender 1)unconditionally and 2)to USA. IIRC even US command admitted it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Their detonation was to prove US superiority and nothing else. It was an unnecessary flex, and the US has been riding on the threat of a repeat ever since.