Comment Cryptogames not Bombs (Score 1) 549
Seems sort of strange that most folks are most interested in the potential for nuclear weapons research with this latest development. If anyone actually thinks that Japan is interested in furthering nuclear research, they might want to open up the history books to try to understand why they really have no interest in developing nuclear bombs. For anyone that has actually visited Japan, they would realize that they are committed to the removal of ALL nuclear weapons. It's a devastating weapon that should have never been designed. There are those that will argue (and I would agree) that had it not been for the nuclear weapon, WW2 may have had a vastly different outcome. But given the ability to build a "dirty nuke" these days by anyone that has a serious desire to do so, has ramifications that we should hope never comes to pass....
I believe the *real* topic of discussion here should be this significant leap forward with regards to cryptoanalysis. The Japanese are close allies with us in many areas, I suspect there's probably some INTEL sharing going on too.