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Bikini Atoll. The name was in the news so much that it was taken for a new type of two-piece ladies swimsuit from a daring French designer appearing at around the same time, equally hot.
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What year was the atomic bomb dropped on Japan the U.S.?
The atomic bombings of Japan took place in August of 1945. While there were numerous nuclear tests on U.S. soil, no atomic bomb was dropped on the U.S. Japan is the only country to have suffered such an attack.
Was the atom bomb tested on an island when tested?
yes bikini atoll in the Pacific read the bomb good book
How soon after becoming president did Truman get breifed on an atomic bomb?
He knew about the preparations and tests done since he was the Vice President of the US.
Is there a timeline for the atomic bomb?
porket may atomic , bomb agad,
Who created and used the atomic bomb?
the us created the atomic bomb
What did the us do to the bikini atoll?
In July of 1946, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll. In the coming years, the island was used for another twenty additional bomb tests.
When was the atomic bomb tested in Arizona?
I know of no atomic bomb tests done in Arizona.
What item of clothing is named after an atomic bomb explosion?
Its not named after an atomic bomb explosion, its named after an atoll in the Marshall Islands in the pacific ocean where the US did several nuclear tests.The bikini.However its probably more likely it was named after the atoll when americans saw women in newsreels of the islanders wearing a similar garment, and has no direct connection to the atomic bomb testing.
Why does USA have so much cancer?
12,000 atomic bomb tests
Was the atomic bomb enable to sunk an island?
No.However the first US hydrogen bomb test Ivy Mikecompletely destroyed an island (Eugelab in Enewetak Atoll), turning it into a crater.
What are the differences between the test atomic bomb and the real one?
The main difference is test devices often have no casing, but this may not be true as some tests were done with the full operational military bomb (e.g. Crossroads Able in 1946 was a test involving dropping a MK-III bomb identical to Fatman from a B-29 over Bikini Atoll).
What is the word origin of bikini?
If the question refers to the swimsuit, it was named after the Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands chain, Pacific Ocean, where the H-bomb was tested in 1946. The swimsuit was invented at the same time that the atomic tests were going on. The origin of the island's name is unknown to this contributor, but it is probably a Polynesian word.
How many feet does a atomic bomb blow up in the air?
That would depend on the type of target selected and yield of the bomb used.
Was Alaska used for atomic bomb tests?
yes, several large underground tests were performed on amchitka island in the aleutians.
Who invented the word bikini?
It was the man who made the bikini. He was French engineer Louis Reard in 1946 after the Bikini Atoll where the first atomic bomb was set off.
What is Australians land used for?
Housing, farming, Mining, military opperations, atomic bomb tests
When was the last atomic bomb explosion in the US?
On July 16th 1945, the US tested their atomic bomb called Trinity in the Jornada Del Muerto desert in New Mexico. This test often marks the beginning of the Atomic Age, as the Trinity tests were followed by the atomic bomb in Nagaski, Japan in August 1945.
