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South Vietnam was bombed by ground support aircraft as early as the 1950s. NORTH Vietnam was officially bombed right after the August 1964 attack in the Tonkin Gulf between the North Vietnamese Navy and the US Navy (down-played by the LBJ administration as the Tonkin Gulf Incident).
The term "incident" was SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) during the cold war; translation: Seemingly EVERYTHING was an "incident".
All of which was (designed) to avoid causing public panic and starting a nuclear war.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoAerial bombing started in the 1950s using surplus WWII bombers (B26s). The first modern jet to start bombing was the North American F100 Super Sabre in 1961. That's America's longest fighting jet in steady combat; 1961 to 1971.
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Did we drop the hydrogen bomb on Vietnam?
No hydrogen bombs were dropped on Vietnam. No nuclear weapons of any kind were used in Vietnam.
Where did Richard Nixon bomb in Vietnam War?
Cambodia
In goodbye Vietnam what happened to kims father?
A bomb goes off
How did the Vietnam War effect to the crop failure in Vietnam?
Bomb craters tended to make swimming holes out of agricultural fields.
What kind of craters from the conflict still dot the land in Vietnam?
Bomb craters
Why did the US bomb North Vietnam in 1970-72?
To make them sue for peace.
What did the US do during the Japanese occupation of Vietnam in World War 2?
landed a atomic bomb to japan
During the Vietnam war why didn't the Americans use the atomic bomb to hanoi like in hiroshima?
The US knew better.
Who said a man's got to do what he's got to do?
Lyndon B. Johnson when he was asked why the US had to bomb Vietnam on Christmas eve
Why did America not drop the Atomic Bomb on Vietnam in the Vietnam War?
Because we weren't stupid!
Which city in Vietnam did us bomb 3 different times?
Several cities were hit alot more than 3 times.
Did we drop the hydrogen bomb on Vietnam?
No hydrogen bombs were dropped on Vietnam. No nuclear weapons of any kind were used in Vietnam.
Was the hydrogen bomb used in a war?
no but it was almost in Vietnam
Where did Richard Nixon bomb in Vietnam War?
Cambodia
What resources did the us send into Vietnam?
Copper/brass: Used for bullets and fuses for every bomb and artillery shell (includes naval guns).
Will the US permit Vietnam to acquire a nuclear bomb?
No. Vietnam is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which holds them to the obligation of not having any nuclear weapons. Vietnam, as a respectable global citizen, is honoring its obligations to that treaty, so there is not even an issue.
How do you think people in Texas town felt about the Vietnam war?
They probably felt like most of the rest of the nation...conquer (invade) North Vietnam and use "the bomb" if necessary. The term, "the bomb" was the common phrase back in the 1950' and 1960's for "using nukes." "The bomb" was slang for "A-Bomb" which was short for "Atomic Bomb."
