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thejoker130 · 10-17-2003, 07:20 AM

The Soviets toward the end of WW2 were actually very close to developing their own atomic bomb. Actually a lot closer to making their own atomic arsenal than we were to replacing the whole two in our stock. The prouction of the atomic bomb in the United States was not yet an exact science, and the ones that we had dropped on Japan we weren't even sure would work. Another problem with using the bomb on the Soviet Union is delivery, remember there were no rockets or missles capable of delivering an atomic payload to the Soviet Union. True, the German's had become close to perfecting rocket technology but it had a limited range and was not accurate enough to be dependable. The risk would be far too great flying a bomb into Soviet territory, the bomb could be lost to soviet AAA. When the bomb was used on Japan the Japanese military was pretty much destroyed. By the end of the war the Soviet army was almost fully recovered from the German Blitz. All these factors pretty much rule out the use of the atomic bomb for at least several years of a war between the US and the Soviets. That said, a war between the United States and the Soviet union would have been very close. The US military was better trained and better armed while the USSR had a larger army mostly made up of consripts. Also the Soviet comand were no slouches when it came to strategy, I would say that the minds working for Stalin were at least as good as the ones behind the US military. The biggest challenge for a US invasion of the Soviet Union would be the sheer size and climate of the USSR; it was, and still is, the largest nation in the world.

If it had come down to war between the two, I feel it would most likely be reduced to a war of attrition. And would have probably ended in a draw.

10-17-2003, 07:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
thejoker130 Insane Location: slippery rock university AKA: The left ass cheek of the world	The Soviets toward the end of WW2 were actually very close to developing their own atomic bomb. Actually a lot closer to making their own atomic arsenal than we were to replacing the whole two in our stock. The prouction of the atomic bomb in the United States was not yet an exact science, and the ones that we had dropped on Japan we weren't even sure would work. Another problem with using the bomb on the Soviet Union is delivery, remember there were no rockets or missles capable of delivering an atomic payload to the Soviet Union. True, the German's had become close to perfecting rocket technology but it had a limited range and was not accurate enough to be dependable. The risk would be far too great flying a bomb into Soviet territory, the bomb could be lost to soviet AAA. When the bomb was used on Japan the Japanese military was pretty much destroyed. By the end of the war the Soviet army was almost fully recovered from the German Blitz. All these factors pretty much rule out the use of the atomic bomb for at least several years of a war between the US and the Soviets. That said, a war between the United States and the Soviet union would have been very close. The US military was better trained and better armed while the USSR had a larger army mostly made up of consripts. Also the Soviet comand were no slouches when it came to strategy, I would say that the minds working for Stalin were at least as good as the ones behind the US military. The biggest challenge for a US invasion of the Soviet Union would be the sheer size and climate of the USSR; it was, and still is, the largest nation in the world. If it had come down to war between the two, I feel it would most likely be reduced to a war of attrition. And would have probably ended in a draw. __________________ WHAT MORE CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN? ------------------------------------- I like you. When the world is mine your death will be quick and painless.