The other “viable” option was to show the power of the atomic bomb through a demonstration. This idea is flawed for multiple reasons. One being it would prolong the war which would have opened up the door for the Soviets to invade northern China. Two being the cost of the atomic bomb. It costed 2 billion dollars to make the bomb. America did not have the recourse to make a 2 billion dollar gamble. If the Japanese military was persistent in not giving up even when the Americans attacked them with B-29 bombers and set up a naval blockade resulting in the lose of 3 million Japanese, then in no means would a demonstration convince them to surrender. Only an increase in American military authority world push them to their weakest point and eventually
