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  2. Trinity (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

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    The Trinity bomb was officially a Y-1561 device, as was the Fat Man used later in the bombing of Nagasaki. The two were very similar, though the Trinity bomb lacked fuzing and external ballistic casing. The bombs were still under development, and small changes continued to be made to the Fat Man design. [59]

  3. Nuclear weapon design - Wikipedia

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    The first nuclear explosive devices provided the basic building blocks of future weapons. Pictured is the Gadget device being prepared for the Trinity nuclear test.. Nuclear Weapons Design are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package [1] of a nuclear weapon to detonate.

  4. Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb - Wikipedia

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    Soon, the day of the Trinity test arrives, and President Truman receives notice at the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. Although it has ended in Europe, the war continues in the Pacific, with Japan refusing to surrender even after the aerial raid of Tokyo. The author briefly mentions history of warfare weapons, up to the new atomic bomb.

  5. File:Fission bomb assembly methods.svg - Wikipedia

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  6. How ‘Oppenheimer’ Pulled Off an Atomic Bomb ... - AOL

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    In 2020’s “Tenet,” Christopher Nolan blew up a 747, and for his latest feature, “Oppenheimer,” he recreated the Trinity Test without using visual effects, opting to find a way to do it ...

  7. Time is running out for American victims of nuclear tests ...

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    The world’s first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert. This photograph is the only existing color shot of the Trinity test and was taken by an amateur, Jack Aeby ...

  8. Underground nuclear weapons testing - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Fallout was discovered after the Trinity test, the first ever atomic bomb test, in 1945. [2] Photographic film manufacturers later reported 'fogged' films; this was traced to packaging materials sourced from Indiana crops, contaminated by Trinity and later tests at the Nevada Test Site, over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) away. [2]

  9. Chemist digs for clues related to New Mexico atomic bomb - AOL

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    The first atomic bomb test Scientists detonated the first atomic bomb in July 1945 in a remote desert area in south central New Mexico , a location later nicknamed the Trinity Site.