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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 a yield of approximately 12 kilotons. 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. |
Revision as of 18:10, 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 a yield of approximately 12 kilotons. 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.