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Re:Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uraniu... by comeonbro on Friday October 02, 2026 @02:15PM (#49936734)
This reply was initially the common folk story:

    It's not comparing like with like, but the V-weapons programs probably cost about as much as the Manhattan Project.
But looking further into it, that claim holds up badly enough to completely drop it pending significant further research.
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Re:Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uraniu... by delichon on Friday October 02, 2026 @02:27PM (#49936858)
The Manhattan Project employed around 130,000 people compared to something like 17,000 on the V-2 project (plus 60,000 concentration camp prisoners). Cost comparisons are in the neighborhood of $1.9B for the A bombs versus $800M for the V-2.
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