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'''FAT MAN''' was the code name for the second '''[[nuclear weapon]]''' used in the [[nuclear attacks against Japan]] warfare. It was a plutonium implosion device, with | '''FAT MAN''' was the code name for the second '''[[nuclear weapon]]''' used in the [[nuclear attacks against Japan]] warfare. It was a [[plutonium]] implosion device, with an [[energy (science)energy]] yield of approximately 12 kilotons of [[TNT equivalent]]. Its target was [[Nagasaki, Japan]] on 9 August 1945. | ||
An identical device had been exploded in the | An identical device had been exploded in the [[Trinity test]] in the United States, to confirm the technology actually worked. | ||
Revision as of 19:17, 10 June 2011
FAT MAN was the code name for the second nuclear weapon used in the nuclear attacks against Japan warfare. It was a plutonium implosion device, with an energy (science)energy yield of approximately 12 kilotons of TNT equivalent. Its target was Nagasaki, Japan on 9 August 1945.
An identical device had been exploded in the Trinity test in the United States, to confirm the technology actually worked.