Red herring

Can we get back to talking about shooting?
Lately I've noticed that non 2a topics like this get more responses than other firearms related topics. I think because a lot of knowledgeable shooters just left and don't bother to return to this site. Let's steer this 2A ship back on course.

Can we get back to talking about shooting?
Lately I've noticed that non 2a topics like this get more responses than other firearms related topics. I think because a lot of knowledgeable shooters just left and don't bother to return to this site. Let's steer this 2A ship back on course.

Let me end this argument regarding military presence increases target viability,
What was the significant (or any) military presence responsible for the targeting of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

Or firebombing Tokyo, which killed almost a million people compared with 300k for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

When you specifically target civilians it's called a war crime. And if you lose the war they hang you for it.

But also, times were different and targeting cities (non-military targets) was acceptable, the Germans bombed London, we hit Berlin, etc...

Both cities had significant military value IIRC.  Lots of military heavy manufacturing.

Some of the important considerations were:

1. The range of the aircraft which would carry the bomb.
2. The desirability of visual bombing in order to insure the most effective use of the bomb.
3. Probable weather conditions in the target areas.
4. Importance of having one primary and two secondary targets for each mission, so that if weather conditions prohibited bombing the target there would be at least two alternates.
5. Selection of targets to produce the greatest military effect on the Japanese people and thereby most effectively shorten the war.
6. The morale effect upon the enemy.

These led in turn to the following:

1. Since the atomic bomb was expected to produce its greatest amount of damage by primary blast effect, and next greatest by fires, the targets should contain a large percentage of closely-built frame buildings and other construction that would be most susceptible to damage by blast and fire.
2. The maximum blast effect of the bomb was calculated to extend over an area of approximately 1 mile in radius; therefore the selected targets should contain a densely built-up area of at least this size.
3. The selected targets should have a high military strategic value.
4. The first target should be relatively untouched by previous bombing, in order that the effect of a single atomic bomb could be determined.

Hiroshima was a city of considerable military importance. It contained the 2nd Army Headquarters, which commanded
the defense of all of southern Japan. The city was a communications center, a storage point, and an assembly area for
troops. To quote a Japanese report, "Probably more than a thousand times since the beginning of the war did the
Hiroshima citizens see off with cries of 'Banzai' the troops leaving from the harbor."

The city of Nagasaki had been one of the largest sea ports in southern Japan and was of great war-time importance
because of its many and varied industries, including the production of ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other
war materials. The narrow long strip attacked was of particular importance because of its industries.

The weather records showed that for five years there had never been two successive good visual bombing days over Tokyo,
indicating what might be expected over other targets in the home islands. The worst month of the year for visual bombing
was believed to be June, after which the weather should improve slightly during July and August and then become worse
again during September.

http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/MED/med_chp5.shtml

Just happened in Japan too......

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/16/asia/japan-false-missile-alarm-intl/index.html

I just put my tin foil back inside the cabinet.  Dammit now I have to go grab it again.

I didn't know Trump was in Japan today ....