WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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LITTLE MAN
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FAT MAN
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LITTLE BOY
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hiroshima’s “Little Boy ” bomb is estimated at approximately 15 kilotons of TNT and Nagasaki’s “Fat Man ” bomb at 20 kilotons of TNT.
Detailed explanation-2: -This gun-type uranium bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, weighed 9, 700 pounds. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM. A B-29 dropped the bomb from 31, 000 feet. The bomb exploded about 1, 500 feet above the city with a force of 15, 000 tons of TNT.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Fat Man produced an explosion of about 21 kilotons. The B83? 1.2 megatons, equaling 1, 200, 000 tons of TNT, making it 80 times more powerful than the Little Boy.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Little Boy” was the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. The bomb was dropped by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay piloted by Colonel Paul W.
Detailed explanation-5: -Thermonuclear bombs can be hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than atomic bombs.