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21 kt (88 TJ) " Fat Man " (also known as Mark III) was the codename for the type of nuclear weapon the United States detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being Little Boy, and its detonation marked the third nuclear explosion in history.
- United States
- Nuclear weapon
- 1945–1949
- Los Alamos Laboratory
Nov 7, 2023 · Little Boy was a gun-type nuclear bomb deployed over Hiroshima, while Fat Man was an implosion-type bomb deployed over Nagasaki. We are eagerly awaiting the 2023 release of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”—a film exploring the Manhattan Project.
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Oct 20, 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack. This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret WWII project, and the first atomic bombs designed, built, and tested in Los Alamos.
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Jul 23, 2014 · All components of Fat Man ferried to Tinian Island aboard B-29’s of the 509th Composite Group; Efficiency of weapon: 10 times that of Little Boy; Approximately 1 kilogram of plutonium fissioned; Explosive force: 21,000 tons of TNT equivalent; Use: Dropped on Japanese city of Nagasaki; August 9, 1945; Nuclear Weaponeer: Cdr. Frederick Ashworth
Fat Man and Little Boy (released in the United Kingdom as Shadow Makers) is a 1989 American epic historical war drama film directed by Roland Joffé, who co-wrote the script with Bruce Robinson. The story follows the Manhattan Project, the secret Allied endeavor to develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
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Fat Man detonated at an altitude of 1,650 feet over Nagasaki with a yield of 21 kilotons, about 40 percent more powerful than Little Boy had been. It did so almost directly above the Mitsubishi factories that were the city’s primary targets, rather than over the residential and business districts further south.
Aug 6, 2020 · Fat Man and Little Boy, 75 Years Later: How Destruction Was Built and the World Was Changed Forever - Modern War Institute. Steve Leonard | 08.06.20. Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss, Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days that Changed the World (Avid Reader Press, 2020)
