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NH 123862 Nuclear Weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the kind detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II

Nuclear Weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the kind detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II
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Title: Nuclear Weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the kind detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II
Caption: Nuclear Weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the kind detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. The bomb is 28 inches in diameter and 120 inches long. The first Nuclear Weapon ever detonated, it weighed about 9,000 pounds and had a yield equivalent to approximately 20,000 tons of high explosive. Courtesy Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Description: Weapons: Explosives and Bombs
Catalog #: NH 123862
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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