Trinity (nuclear test)
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trinity-nuclear-test-204-13926576
title:
Trinity (nuclear test)
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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 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, on August 9, 1945. Concerns about whether the complex Fat Man design would work led to a decision to conduct the first nuclear test. The code name "Trinity" was assigned b
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First detonation of a nuclear weapon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)
date created:
2002-07-01T14:44:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T04:07:09Z
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