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'''Fat Man''' was the name given to one of the two types of [[atomic bomb]]s first produced at [[Los Alamos]]. | '''Fat Man''' was the name given to one of the two types of [[atomic bomb]]s first produced at [[Los Alamos]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:00, April 11, 2007
Fat Man was the name given to one of the two types of atomic bombs first produced at Los Alamos.
Fat Man had a radioactive core of plutonium. The bomb ignited through the "implosion method," whereby the explosives surrounding the plutonium exploded, setting of a shock wave that compressed the plutonium so much that it set off a nuclear explosion.
Fat Man bombs were used at Trinity and Nagasaki and destroyed many lives much to the chagrin of the Japanese people.