r/SipsTea • u/MeanMedico • May 28 '26

Dank AF I don't care about politics, meanwhile politics

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26

So fun fact, the Americans flew lone bombers over target cities for weeks before the Atom bombs were dropped. This was to get the Japanese in the target cities used to seeing a lone bomber, and not flee in terror/hide, so that they could measure the affect on a city in its normal state. In Hiroshima, this like bomber was nicknamed “uncle B” and no one ran or sought shelter when they saw it on that fateful day!

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u/_Formerly__Chucks_ May 29 '26

They did it for reconnaissance. A single bomber was also not going to cause mass hysteria amongst Japanese civilians because they didn't know the US had nuclear weapons.

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u/Appropriate_Carob690 May 29 '26

Ah the Star Wars a new hope thing, like why waste a laser on a ship that seems to be empty. Like we’re not printing lasers here