marc@pyuxn.UUCP (11/19/83)
It is true that Japan survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is also true that todays bombs have on the order of 500 times more explosive killing force then in 1945. Enough said.
rigney@uokvax.UUCP (11/25/83)
#R:pyuxn:-36200:uokvax:6000002:000:689 uokvax!rigney Nov 23 01:40:00 1983 A nuclear bomb with 500 times the explosive power of the Hiroshima bomb (which was ~20kt, so you're talking 10mt, quite large) only covers about 10 times the area. Besides, most of the Hiroshima casualties were caused by the firestorm fed by wooden buildings and overturned breakfast fires. Most importantly, THESE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE IN NET.POLITICS; please people, let's discuss TV here. Carl ..!ctvax!uokvax!rigney P.S. Anyone willing to talk about the movie on it's *artistic* merits? I found it quite shallow, but they may be because they cut it down from 4 hours. I think it had numerous flaws, and I also think I'll continue my discussion thereof in a future submission.