MK-I Little Boy & MK-III Fat Man
It was built in Hiroshima as part of the Manhattan Project...DUH!!! NO! Not even close. To counter the astonishing lack of knowledge about this subject, a few quick facts: Fat Man and Little Boy were both built in Los Alamos New Mexico. Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay. Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar. Manhattan Project was the code name of the research project, uranium and the first plutonium were produced at the Graphite Reactor in Oak Ridge Tennessee.
People at the Manhattan Project named it Fat Man and the other one was called Little Boy because of their size and shape.
There weren't 6 African scientists on the Manhattan project. They were all European or American. It was rare indeed for a black man to be allowed an education in those days. It is doubtful that any got so far as to achieve a PhD in physics or chemistry. It is certain that none were part of project Manhattan. ------------- The above comment is not true - African-American scientist J. Ernest Wilkins got a PhD in 1942 and from 1944 worked on the Manhattan Project in the University of Chicago's Met Lab.
The second weapon developed during the Manhattan Project, known as the "Fat Man" bomb, was not tested before its use because the project prioritized practical deployment over further testing. The first successful test of an atomic bomb, codenamed "Trinity," demonstrated the weapon's effectiveness, leading to the decision to use the Fat Man and the "Little Boy" bomb without conducting an additional test. This approach aimed to expedite the end of World War II and maximize the psychological impact on Japan.
MK-I Little Boy & MK-III Fat Man
The name of the project was called The Manhattan Project. The first designs were called "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" Little boy was dropped on Hiroshima and used nuclear fission from u235. Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki and used a plutonium core for is destructive power.
It was built in Hiroshima as part of the Manhattan Project...DUH!!! NO! Not even close. To counter the astonishing lack of knowledge about this subject, a few quick facts: Fat Man and Little Boy were both built in Los Alamos New Mexico. Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay. Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar. Manhattan Project was the code name of the research project, uranium and the first plutonium were produced at the Graphite Reactor in Oak Ridge Tennessee.
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Julius Robert Oppenheimer Is often called "the father of the atomic bomb"He was the director of The Manhattan Project which created the bombs.
People at the Manhattan Project named it Fat Man and the other one was called Little Boy because of their size and shape.
Major Leslie (man) Groves and Dr. Oppenheimer (physicist).
There weren't 6 African scientists on the Manhattan project. They were all European or American. It was rare indeed for a black man to be allowed an education in those days. It is doubtful that any got so far as to achieve a PhD in physics or chemistry. It is certain that none were part of project Manhattan. ------------- The above comment is not true - African-American scientist J. Ernest Wilkins got a PhD in 1942 and from 1944 worked on the Manhattan Project in the University of Chicago's Met Lab.
The second weapon developed during the Manhattan Project, known as the "Fat Man" bomb, was not tested before its use because the project prioritized practical deployment over further testing. The first successful test of an atomic bomb, codenamed "Trinity," demonstrated the weapon's effectiveness, leading to the decision to use the Fat Man and the "Little Boy" bomb without conducting an additional test. This approach aimed to expedite the end of World War II and maximize the psychological impact on Japan.
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was called Fat Man. The bomb dropped on Nagasaki was called Little Boy.
The Operation was called CENTERBOARD I and II Hiroshima bomb type was called a "Little Boy" Hiroshima code named ILLOGICAL and Nagasaki bomb type was called a "Fat Man" and Nagasaki was code named PROPULSION
An atomic bomb called Fat Man, developed in the Manhattan Project, WAS dropped onto the city of Hiroshima on 8/9/1945.