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What is the difference between an "atomic" and a "nuclear" bomb?

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Re: What is the difference between an "atomic" and a "nuclear" bomb?
« Reply #20 on: 16/01/2014 01:17:18 »
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which appears to have been part of  the objective - to impose a police state on a democracy. The other objective, to start a war between civilisation and Islam, seems also to have been achieved. A brilliant plan, superbly executed, and the idiot Bush fell right into the trap. Which wouldn't matter if he hadn't dragged the rest of us in with him.   
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Re: What is the difference between an "atomic" and a "nuclear" bomb?
« Reply #21 on: 05/03/2018 21:26:34 »
The 911 bombers were Saudi's protesting  about America's behaviour in Saudi Arabia so what was the American reaction we can't attack Saudi Arabia as it is a valuable market for our armaments and a source of fuel so we will attack Iraq instead.
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Re: What is the difference between an "atomic" and a "nuclear" bomb?
« Reply #22 on: 06/03/2018 21:54:35 »
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population of Hiroshima, and certainly none of any military significance.
I understand that Nagasaki was a military port, but the mountainous terrain limited the damage done by a single bomb.

Hiroshima was not a significant military target, but its flat terrain and large population turned it into a nuclear target.
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