Aside from the disputed detonation of their test device in 1945,no one seems to know that their I 401 class sub could easily snorkel its way to SF or LA without refueling or surfacing. http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-401.htm will describe this aircraft-carrying sub whose empty, three-bomber hangar would have housed their massive, crude nuke. Orig mission was to bomb SF with its three planes and "dirty bombs" in retaliation for the Tokyo fire raids. After their successful a-bomb test in North Korea, the I 401 was considered for a suicide bomb delivery vehicle. Look up SENSUIKAN HIJMS I 401:Tabular record of movement. We were pretty shocked at what this largest sub in the world could do. Since the Russians over ran the Hungnam facility it's not possible the Japanese could have produced a second bomb for the I 401 mission to destroy SF.They needed 6 months to build another with North Korean Uranium It would have been "messy" if they'd have used their test device straight away in SF Harbor!
2007-08-06
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