Inventor Of Neutron Bomb Dies

Samuel T. Cohen

He said the inspiration for the neutron bomb was a 1951 visit to Seoul, which had been largely destroyed in the Korean War. In his memoir, he wrote: “If we are going to go on fighting these damned fool wars in the future, shelling and bombing cities to smithereens and wrecking the lives of their inhabitants, might there be some kind of nuclear weapon that could avoid all this?”

Namu Amida Butsu. Your death may be far more merciful than that which you'd intended for your enemies.