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Old 01-09-2015, 01:56 PM
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Also, the death of manned aircraft has been prematurely called many times. Remember LeMay's "silent silo sitters of the sixties?"
"Bombs Away with Curtis LeMay"

Hands down, the biggest "bomber" in the History of Warfare. From the 8th Air Force in Europe to Tokyo & Japan.

"As far as casualties were concerned I think there were more casualties in the first attack on Tokyo with incendiaries than there were with the first use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The fact that it's done instantaneously, maybe that's more humane than incendiary attacks, if you can call any war act humane. I don't, particularly, so to me there wasn't much difference. A weapon is a weapon and it really doesn't make much difference how you kill a man. If you have to kill him, well, that's the evil to start with and how you do it becomes pretty secondary. I think your choice should be which weapon is the most efficient and most likely to get the whole mess over with as early as possible."
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