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- The test was of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, nicknamed the "gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945.
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2 days ago · Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. MWT (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, nicknamed the "gadget", of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki , Japan ...
- July 16, 1945, (78 years ago)
- Trinity Site, New Mexico
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2 days ago · Because of the complexity of an implosion-style weapon, it was decided that, despite the waste of fissile material, a full-scale nuclear test was required. Oppenheimer codenamed it "Trinity". [224] In March 1944, planning for the test was assigned to Kenneth Bainbridge , who selected the Alamogordo Bombing Range for the test site. [225]
- 1942–1946
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
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