Scott, the cost of a 'wasted bomb' in this case was not having another bomb to drop. They only had the two they used.
Or put another way, the cost was the war being prolonged until they did have another bomb produced (order of months).
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Scott, the cost of a 'wasted bomb' in this case was not having another bomb to drop. They only had the two they used.
Or put another way, the cost was the war being prolonged until they did have another bomb produced (order of months).