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Jimmy Carter favored the neutron bomb as an economical way to offset the Warsaw Pact's 4 to 1 superiority in tanks. It was a tactical nuke, but opponents of the bomb warned that because it worked on the nuclear principle, it would give the Communists an excuse to retaliate with larger and more powerful nukes.
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∙ 14y agoHarry S. Truman was president when the first nuclear bomb was created by the scientists, chemists, and physicists of the Manhattan Project during WWII.
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Which president authorized the creation of the atomic bomb?
FDR
Which president approved the use of the atomic bomb?
Truman, in WW2.
What leader approved the dropping of the atomic bomb?
President Harry S. Truman
Why did the soviets call the neutron bomb the Capitalist bomb?
the neutron bomb was called as capitalist bomb because it destroyed people not property
What bomb kills life but leaves buildings standing?
Neutron bomb
Who made the neutron bomb?
The neutron bomb is generally credited to Samuel Cohen of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who developed the concept in 1958. Although initially opposed by President John F. Kennedy, its testing was authorized and carried out in 1963 at an underground Nevada test facility.Development was subsequently postponed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 following protests against his administration's plans to deploy neutron warheads in Europe. President Ronald Reagan restarted production in 1981.
Who approved the dropping of an atomic bomb on japan?
Harry s. truman approved the dropping of an atomic bomb on japan.
Which country was first to develop a neutron bomb?
USA
What president gave the go ahead to drop the the atom bomb?
FDR approved production, Truman approved use.
Why wasn't Stalin suprised when President Truman reviled the creation of the atomic bomb?
The Soviet Union had spies in the nuclear weapons development program.
Which countries have neutron bombs?
As of today, no country is known to have an Enhanced Radiation Weapon ("neutron bomb") in their active stockpile.
Did Albert Einstein's findings help in the creation of the atom bomb?
The atomic bomb was developed by the Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer. What Einstein did was to write to the President. He and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb. The President put the plans in work to build the bomb.
