Fat Man (atomic bomb)

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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 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.

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