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0 pointsmweidner23d ago0 comments

Is the idea to keep the world in balance via MAD? I could see that, though it's a dangerous gamble.

From Richard Rhode's "The Making of the Atomic Bomb", I got the impression that most scientists involved thought they could manage a US or UN monopoly on nukes after the war. General Groves attempted to buy up all of the world's uranium ore. Unfortunately, it is only high grade ore that is rare; many countries have low-grade ore.