Created by Tom Horn on 15 Jul 2010, Last Update on 15 Jul 2010

Trinity Nuclear Test - 16 Jul 1945

The US army conduct the first test of a nuclear weapon. The implosion plutonium device, the same design as the 'fat man' bomb used at Nagasaki, produced an explosion the equivalent of 20 kilotons of TNT.

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Tags : United States,International,Pacific

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