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Why were there two types of nuclear bombs?

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Actually there are many types. There are also many ways to have two types of nuclear bomb...

Fission bomb: Gun & Implosion; these are the only known practical rapid assembly methods.

Bomb fuel: fission & fusion; only very heavy or very light elements have enough excess nuclear binding energy to drive the reactions.

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