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Yes, a third atomic bomb (a MK-III plutonium implosion assembly atomic bomb) kit had been built by Los Alamos during WW2. It had been shipped to San Francisco to be flown across the Pacific to Tinian for assembly and delivery to another Japanese city in late August. (Note: this kit was probably just the plutonium core, the polonium/beryllium initiator neutron source, and the uranium tamper as Tinian already seems to have had a dozen or more MK-III casings and explosive lens assembly kits stockpiled)
However as the Japanese had announced their intent to surrender on August 14 (while this bomb was still in transit), causing Truman to declare the end of the bombing of Japan, when this bomb arrived in San Francisco on August 18 it was immediately shipped back to Los Alamos, becoming the first atomic bomb in the US nuclear stockpile.
Had Japan not surrendered, the US had plans and the industrial capacity to produce and deliver 20 more MK-III type atomic bombs on Japan before the end of 1945:
- 3 in September
- 3 in October
- 7 in November
- 7 in December
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Why did they make the Atomic Bomb?
the atomic bomb was made to end the world war 2
The invention of the atomic bomb shortened?
World War II
When did the atomic bomb end World War 1?
It didn't
What is the importance of the atomic bomb in World War 2?
It was the ultimate weapon to end the war.
Why did the US need atomic bomb?
to end world war 2
Was there a war before the first atomic bomb?
The world was going through world war two. The atomic bomb ended the war.
What was the atomic bomb created for?
the atomic bomb was created to end the world war 2!!
Why did they make the Atomic Bomb?
the atomic bomb was made to end the world war 2
Why did they make atomic bomb?
the atomic bomb was made to end the World War 2
In which world war was the atomic bomb made?
The Second World War.
Dropping the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War 2.
What world war was the atomic bomb in?
WWII
Did albert einstein build the atomic bomb to end world war 1?
No, Albert Einstein did not built an atomic bomb to end World War I
What was the first bomb they use in world war 1?
the atomic bomb
What was the name of the bomb that ended World War 2?
It was the Atomic bomb.
When was the a bomb used?
It was used in the world war two, its an atomic bomb!
Why is the atomic bomb important to World War 1?
The atomic bomb was sopower full that japan surrendered a couple days after the second bomb. This nuclear weapon is what led World war II to an end. Not World war I
