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'''Fat Man''' was the code name for the second [[nuclear weapon]] used in the [[nuclear attacks against Japan]] during [[World War II]]. It was a [[plutonium]] implosion device, with an [[energy (science)energy]] yield of approximately 12 kilotons of [[TNT equivalent]]. It was air-dropped on [[Nagasaki, Japan]] on August 9, 1945. | '''Fat Man''' was the code name for the second [[nuclear weapon]] used in the [[nuclear attacks against Japan]] during [[World War II]]. It was a [[plutonium]] implosion device, with an [[energy (science)|energy]] yield of approximately 12 kilotons of [[TNT equivalent]]. It was air-dropped on [[Nagasaki, Japan]] on August 9, 1945. | ||
An identical device had been exploded in the [[Trinity test]] in the United States, to confirm that the technology actually worked. | An identical device had been exploded in the [[Trinity test]] in the United States, to confirm that the technology actually worked. | ||
Revision as of 21:07, 10 June 2011
Fat Man was the code name for the second nuclear weapon used in the nuclear attacks against Japan during World War II. It was a plutonium implosion device, with an energy yield of approximately 12 kilotons of TNT equivalent. It was air-dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945.
An identical device had been exploded in the Trinity test in the United States, to confirm that the technology actually worked.