tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post28419473971624366..comments2024-03-05T09:28:47.377-06:00Comments on Tails Through Time: The Atomic Neptunes: The Navy's Interim Nuclear BombersJP Santiagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02743418658732808826noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-64549116408186104562015-08-24T19:47:26.418-05:002015-08-24T19:47:26.418-05:00Indeed- some days autocorrect is my own worst enem...Indeed- some days autocorrect is my own worst enema. Dang it, see what I mean?JP Santiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743418658732808826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-35720965610991910052015-08-24T19:47:01.727-05:002015-08-24T19:47:01.727-05:00Thanks for the correction! Thanks for the correction! JP Santiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743418658732808826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-91661292674257321402015-08-24T15:05:03.402-05:002015-08-24T15:05:03.402-05:00It's Kirtland AFB, not Kirkland. Autocorrect? ...It's Kirtland AFB, not Kirkland. Autocorrect? It did it to me typing this entry! Lol!Roger D. Parishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492524387022351690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685907526691141099.post-87476353250939681822015-08-17T11:35:04.348-05:002015-08-17T11:35:04.348-05:00A minor correction: neither the Little Boy bomb (...A minor correction: neither the Little Boy bomb (Hiroshima) or the Fat Man bomb (Nagasaki) had cores that could be loaded in flight. That innovation appeared later in the Mk. 4 nuclear bomb. What Parsons did during the Hiroshima mission was to insert the black powder charge which, when armed, fired the uranium "bullet" toward the uranium target. This formed the critical mass which caused the actual nuclear explosion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com