Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange
I believe Discovery Channel had a whole show on this..... I downloaded it though, might have been on Discovery UK. Pretty amazing stuff, actually. Just imagine if the ****'s had had submarine based missile capability - it would have been lights out for the Eastern US as they had subs patrolling up and down the coast for many, many years.
I have seen a Discovery or History channel documentary. Something with a WHOAHAAH! factor along with how close the Japs came to setting off the first nuke in San Diego harbor.
It is amazing how close the war came to having a different outcome.
So, let us not go to the moon. Let someone like the Chineese do it. And just to put a point on the irony, do it with our money.
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