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In what context did physicist Robert Oppenheimer say thefollowing:“We [cannot] forget that these weapons as they were in factused dramatized so mercilessly the inhumanity and evil ofmodern war.”-Robert Oppenheimer, 1947
A
As an isolationist and dissenter of World War II
B
As presidential advisor on conventional weapons
C
As scientific director of the Manhattan Project
D
As inventor of naval radar systems
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some people suggest that Oppenheimer was referring to the brahmastra weapon mentioned in the Mahabharata. The appreciation didn’t stop there. So much so he always gave the book (Bhagavad Gita) as a present to his friends and kept a copy on the shelf closest to his desk.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and responsible for the research and design of an atomic bomb. He is often known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”

Detailed explanation-3: -An extremely versatile and intellectually fertile scientist, Oppenheimer is best known for his scientific leadership of the Manhattan Project, during World War II, which led to the invention of the atom bomb.

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