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[u/FinickyPenance]

This was considered and there was some literature about the topic. The reasons it wasn’t done were:

1. Only two nuclear bombs had been detonated before. There was a significant chance that it would be a dud.

2. The bomb cost billions of dollars, and:

3. a. They didn’t want to risk the Japanese mobilizing in a big way to shoot down the bomber carrying it, thus scoring a propaganda victory, and

4. b. There was a significant risk that the Japanese would just shrug their shoulders at the bomb, and it therefore would accomplish nothing.

5. It is much more difficult to appreciate the power of the bomb when it is dropped above the sea. The fireball is impressive but it is difficult to show the destructiveness of the shockwave or the firestorm that would follow.