Japanese redployment of the bomb agains the yanks is technically possible but probably not practical within the realistic timeframe to the next bombs and peace. Going off as a dirty bomb or partial yield.
#Where did the enola gay take off from full#
Full nuclear yeild -unlikely, this requires the bomb survives the crash near completely intact (even if the bomb is largely intact if the 'gun' is knocked out of allighnment you won't have the two lumps of uranium hit properly). The chances of setting the bomb off while examining it can be split in two: 1. but it's far from a given they'll have the necessary experts at hand to look at the weapon before the second is deployed. The Japanese had their own A-bomb program -though not particularly advanced- so they could in principle recognize the captured bomb for what it is. Thisdifference is poentially of significance to the chances of the bomb surviving the crash "intact" (for the sake of debate in one piece without too much damage to the internals). this isn't just pedantic nitpicking about names: the former was a 'gun-type' bomb (two sub-critical lumps of uranium slammed togeather) while the latter was an implosion type. The bomb used on Hiroshima was Little Boy not Fat Man.
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#Where did the enola gay take off from mod#
Please, we are all friends here and i have just woken up so if its truly impossible the Japanese would be able to shoot down the plane or that the bomb would survive the crash and still be usable, just some mod move this topic too ASB please. If the Nagasaki mission would still be executed the Japanese would know what the bomb can do. The Japanese would not know what this bomb can do, but surely figure out its a huge bomb. Is the idea of a Kamikazi submarine or ship carrying "little boy" too ASB?(did the Japanese even have any submarines left?) If they would be able to use it and conceal it from the Americans(who would would put every effort in finding the bomb and destroying it) how would they use it?Ĥ. Would the Japanese be able to use the bomb in some way, or is it more likely they would accidentally set it off, fail to detonate it when intended or dismantle it?ģ. Would the mission too Nagasaki still continue?Ģ. What if American B-29 bomber "Enola Gay", carrying the "Little Boy" nuclear bomb was shot down over Japan(specifically somewhere on the island Shikoku) and it crash-landed, pilots dead with the bomb still intact?(not really sure how ASB that is)ġ.