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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Jun 5, 2014 · Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as “Little Boy”, a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force. At the time of the bombing, Hiroshima was home to 280,000-290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers.
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)
