How wrong was Red Joan in given away nuclear bomb secrets to the Russians ?

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I think they would have figured it out on their own. This allowed them to catch up faster to the fission bomb. The fusion bomb was all theirs.

KALIS · 41-45

@Northwest so it was wrong to give them the secrets earlier ?

Northwest · M

@KALIS [quote]so it was wrong to give them the secrets earlier ?[/quote]

In 1943? Perhaps, but the issue is a lot more complex than that. It was about having the power to destroy the world, in the hands of one party: the US, and in the hands of the ruling party in the US. I don't blame who took it upon themselves to fix a moral wrong.

KALIS · 41-45

@Northwest but she fixed nothing. She just increased the power of another country to destroy humanity ?

Northwest · M

@KALIS You seem to be missing the point. That was the age of fission, we're in the age of fusion. Those two things are not related. Soviet came up with the latter on its own, without any help from spies.

KALIS · 41-45

@Northwest Im talking about the time when she gave the secrets away, not today. Yes I get the point. My question is about was she wrong in the year of the 'crime', not when she was caught. Get the point?

Northwest · M

@KALIS

[quoteGet the point?.[/quote]

It looks like you missed my first answer. Here it is for you:

[quote]In 1943? Perhaps, but the issue is a lot more complex than that. It was about having the power to destroy the world, in the hands of one party: the US, and in the hands of the ruling party in the US. I don't blame who took it upon themselves to fix a moral wrong.[/quote]

KALIS · 41-45

@Northwest Thats what I mean , what moral wrong did it fix? It just created another risk to world destruction