"Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 May 2006 07:04:10 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:

Not entirely true, Jim. They were air-burst bombs *in order that*
there would be a minimum of radioactive debris.

They were air bursts because the shock wave spread out, maximizing damage.

That's not what Leslie Groves said at the time. Sorry. History is what
is is.

Leslie Groves, huh. Funny, he and Teller have differing views.