large test area and to see if bomb worked
It was the most remote place in the U.S. closest to D.C. It was a top secret project the U.s. didn't tell its allies.
Gadget
The original atomic bomb testing ground was in Almogordo, New Mexico.
The first atom bomb was the test explosion at the White Sands test range in New Mexico. The first use in anger was at Hiroshima in Japan.
Yes. New Mexico during the predawn hours of July 16, 1945. was where the first atomic bomb was tested.
white sands New Mexico
The Gadget was tested at Trinity site in NM, near the northeast corner of what is now White Sands Missile Range.
Trinity site, NM in the north east corner of what is now White Sands Missile Range, July 16, 1945
White Sands NM, Jul 16, 1945
The "gadget" atomic bomb was tested in the White Sands Desert of New Mexico not in a city. The town of Alamogordo could see and feel the bombs affects - 100 miles away. Other towns reported many sightings and the shaking of the earth.
It was the most remote place in the U.S. closest to D.C. It was a top secret project the U.s. didn't tell its allies.
The atomic bomb at Trinity was an implosion design plutonium device or bomb.
I know of no atomic bomb tests done in Arizona.
No, Los Alamos is a town in New Mexico known for the Los Alamos National Laboratory where atomic bomb research was conducted. White Sands is a separate location in New Mexico known for its white sand dunes at White Sands National Park.
They did test the bomb first, in 1945 at the White Sands Proving Grounds near Socorro, New Mexico.
16th July 1945 was the first atomic explosion, at the White Sands Testing Facility near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
A- bomb stands for Atomic Bomb, first tested and used in WWII.