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<blockquote data-quote="0311" data-source="post: 2290587" data-attributes="member: 26943"><p>That was about 1/2 of their arsenal @ the time. 2ndary targets would have been sanitized, if need be. We were preparing to deliver a 3rd, 4th, and 5th nuclear strike on Japan when they surrendered. Also, little is known about Truman's prep to nuke N. Korea. A little research on the net here:</p><p></p><p>With Truman’s signoff, the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered A-bomb retaliation if large numbers of fresh Chinese troops entered the fight. In the end, the U.S. military repelled the Chinese push and the weapons were never used. But Pentagon planners retained the option.</p><p></p><p>In September and October 1951, Air Force B-29 bombers conducted simulated atomic-bombing runs against Pyongyang, dropping dummy weapons on the North Korean capital, according to a newly obtained Army planning document corroborating earlier disclosures.</p><p></p><p>By early 1953, the U.S., frustrated by stalled armistice talks, pondered launching a new offensive against the north Koreans and Chinese. The Pentagon’s Air Staff recommended using A-bombs to achieve victory “in the shortest space of time,” according to a Feb. 20, 1953, memo from the Air Force director of plans, Maj. Gen. Robert Lee.</p><p></p><p>Added a top-secret CIA Special Estimate, “The Communists would recognize the employment of these weapons as indicative of Western determination to carry the Korean war to a successful conclusion.”</p><p></p><p>Then, in a series of memos in May, June and July 1953, Air Force generals reported progress in planning an “atomic offensive” to “destroy effective Communist military power in Korea” if the armistice talks broke down completely.</p><p></p><p>On July 27, 1953, an armistice was signed. Then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower would later credit the nuclear threat - conveyed through back channels to Beijing - for pressuring the Chinese into an agreement.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I've read about this before, including how many nukes had been moved to the peninsula, and were readied. Despite what history says about Truman not willing to nuke N. Korea...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="0311, post: 2290587, member: 26943"] That was about 1/2 of their arsenal @ the time. 2ndary targets would have been sanitized, if need be. We were preparing to deliver a 3rd, 4th, and 5th nuclear strike on Japan when they surrendered. Also, little is known about Truman's prep to nuke N. Korea. A little research on the net here: With Truman’s signoff, the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered A-bomb retaliation if large numbers of fresh Chinese troops entered the fight. In the end, the U.S. military repelled the Chinese push and the weapons were never used. But Pentagon planners retained the option. In September and October 1951, Air Force B-29 bombers conducted simulated atomic-bombing runs against Pyongyang, dropping dummy weapons on the North Korean capital, according to a newly obtained Army planning document corroborating earlier disclosures. By early 1953, the U.S., frustrated by stalled armistice talks, pondered launching a new offensive against the north Koreans and Chinese. The Pentagon’s Air Staff recommended using A-bombs to achieve victory “in the shortest space of time,” according to a Feb. 20, 1953, memo from the Air Force director of plans, Maj. Gen. Robert Lee. Added a top-secret CIA Special Estimate, “The Communists would recognize the employment of these weapons as indicative of Western determination to carry the Korean war to a successful conclusion.” Then, in a series of memos in May, June and July 1953, Air Force generals reported progress in planning an “atomic offensive” to “destroy effective Communist military power in Korea” if the armistice talks broke down completely. On July 27, 1953, an armistice was signed. Then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower would later credit the nuclear threat - conveyed through back channels to Beijing - for pressuring the Chinese into an agreement. I've read about this before, including how many nukes had been moved to the peninsula, and were readied. Despite what history says about Truman not willing to nuke N. Korea... [/QUOTE]
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