• xantoxis@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    So these hypothetical guys fighting in the korean war, which took place in the 1950s, haven’t heard of nuclear weapons, when two were used in 1945? I think you actually did hit your head pretty hard.

    • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      They were known as atomic weapons and the ⚛️ orbital electrons model was the commonly understood paradigm for atomic structure.

    • macisr@unilem.org
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      10 months ago

      True, but if you use your imagination lol, you could take it as “who is that random guy that has a nuke? Only the USA has nukes bro.”

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      9 months ago

      There were nuclear weapons but no intercontinental ballistic rockets that could carry them. Fat Man and Little Boy were dropped from airplanes.