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NH 123863 Nuclear Weapon of the "Fat Man" type, the kind detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II

Nuclear Weapon of the "Fat Man" type, the kind detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II
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Title: Nuclear Weapon of the "Fat Man" type, the kind detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II
Caption: Nuclear Weapon of the "Fat Man" type, the kind detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II. The bomb is 60 inches in diameter and 128 inches long. The second Nuclear Weapon to be detonated, it weighed about 10,000 pounds and had a yield equivalent to approximately 20,000 tons of high explosive.
Description: Weapons: Explosives and Bombs
Catalog #: NH 123863
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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