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Offline rshubert

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« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2003, 02:16:34 PM »
we tested at "trinity" was a plutonium bomb, from home-made plutonium.  I had never heard or read of our use of German uranium before, though.  Do you have any sources you can cite?

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We had enough plutonium for two bombs, and set both of them off--one at trinity, one at Nagasaki.  The technology of the plutonium bomb is/was more advanced, due to the nature of the fissile material--plutonium has a VERY SMALL minimum critical mass, and the time period for a fissile generation is VERY short, compared to uranium.
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Offline DFunited

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« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2003, 06:53:58 AM »
(From Majorday's original post)
Actually the Japanese got most of their jet information from Italy and had a very advanced jet and rocket plane program compared to the Germans.
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Offline MajorDay

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« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2003, 08:15:25 PM »
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Originally posted by DFunited
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Actually the Japanese got most of their jet information from Italy and had a very advanced jet and rocket plane program compared to the Germans.
Yup, I remember on History Channel that Italy bomber had to fly over Russia to reach Japan and that all i remember.
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« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2003, 10:04:49 PM »
it was a Ju52 i believe, flew around 35k over Russia to get there.
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