Little Boy visited Hiroshima.
Fatman said hi to the folks in Nagasaki.
2007-02-12 22:43:25
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answered by Anonymous
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Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the 12-man crew of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb ever used as a weapon and was dropped three days before the "Fat Man" bomb was used against Nagasaki.
The weapon was developed during the Manhattan Project during World War II. It derived its explosive power from the nuclear fissioning of enriched uranium. The Hiroshima bombing was the second nuclear explosion in history (the first was the "Trinity" test), and it was the first uranium-based detonation ever. Approximately 600 milligrams of uranium were converted into energy. It exploded with a power of 13 to 16 kilotons of TNT (estimations vary) killing an estimated 140,000 people including associated effects.
"Fat Man" is the codename of the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States on August 9, 1945. It was the second of the two nuclear weapons to be used in warfare. The name also refers more generically to the early nuclear weapon designs of U.S. weapons based on the "Fat Man" model. It was an implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core.
It was detonated at an altitude of about 1,800 feet (550 m) over the city. It was dropped from the B-29 bomber Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney. The bomb had a yield of about 21 kilotons of TNT, or 8.78Ã1013 joules = 88 TJ (terajoules).[1] Because of Nagasaki's hilly terrain, the damage was somewhat less extensive than that in relatively flat Hiroshima. An estimated 40,000 people were killed outright by the bombing at Nagasaki, and about 25,000 were injured.[2] Many thousands more would die later from related injuries, and radiation sickness from nuclear fallout.
2007-02-13 06:15:24
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answered by Romy 2
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Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima
Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki
2007-02-12 22:53:39
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answered by T H 4
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Little Boy, made from Uranium-235, was dropped on Hiroshima on the 6th of August,1945. Fat Man, containing Plutonium--239 as fissle material, was dropped on Nagasaki, on the 9th of August,1945.
2007-02-13 06:59:50
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answered by sultan395 2
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Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima.
Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki.
2007-02-12 22:53:08
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answered by Rabbityama 6
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007-02-12 22:55:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
2007-02-12 22:56:49
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answered by Anonymous
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