Japan surrendered not because of the bombs, but because the US and the Soviets were on their doorstep. It’s like when the SWAT team is outside your house and puts tear gas through the window.

From my understanding, it was primarily the loss of all their forces and the widespread firebombing, with the increasing threat of Soviet invasion, and the nuclear bombs (to a lesser degree) just being the final nails in the coffin. That said, again, they had lost all their forces in battle already, so saying the war was won by bombing is also a stretch - its just that between the firebombing and the nukes, it was the closest to an example I could think of.

Has there ever been a war won purely by “”“strategic”“” bombing? So far as I know, the closest involved much of the US’s wartime production, and two nuclear bombs.

Invidious doesn’t work for age restricted videos.

What gun is that? Is it the M61 Vulkan?

The reasoning is correct in that bow has much better range, better accuracy, and more lethality. Its the oversight or dismissal of logistics as a factor in the power of a weapon that is the mistake, and results in the incorrect conclusion. Basically, knowning enough to know that an archer is more dangerous than an early firearm user, but not enough to factor in logistics in the value of a weapon.

The format is usually that the first is right, just for the wrong reasons, while the second is wrong for the right (or at least more well-informed) reasons. In this case, its that the bow performs better than a firearm on an individual level making it seem better at first glance, but in a war that isn’t as important as logistics so the gun is still a better weapon.

They were better because of logistics of training time.

The company took to their X (formerly Twitter) account and posted the photo of a LEGO Classic box with the updated range and with the message, “Updated for you, Sir David.”

Not to rain on the parade, but its not on Xitter. Is it on another platform, or is it just made up? The screenshots look like Instagram, I think, but I don’t have an account so can’t verify. Also, are they actually changing the packaging, or is this just a (still nice) social media tribute? Hate to ruin the fun, but I also don’t want to be praising a corporation for something they didn’t even do.

Well, that would explain why I’m getting zero responses on my newly migrated account.