| 13th April 2018 04:06 PM | |
| sumit | Re: fat man in the world Fat Man was the second plutonium, implosion-type bomb. The first was the "Gadget" detonated at the Trinity site on July 16, 1945. It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being Little Boy. This bomb was built by scientists and engineers at Los Alamos Laboratory using plutonium from the Hanford Site and dropped from the Boeing B-29 Super fortress Bockscar. Dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, it was the second nuclear weapon used in a war. Fat Man being lowered and checked on transport dolly for airfield trip Weight: 10,800 lbs Length: 10 ft 8 in.; Diameter: 60 in. Fuel: Highly enriched plutonium 239 Plutonium Fuel: approx. 13.6 lbs; approx. size of a softball Production history: Designer Los Alamos Laboratory Produced 1945 1949 No. built 120 Specifications Weight 10,300 pounds (4,670 kg) Length 128 inches (3.3 m) Diameter 60 inches (1.5 m) Filling Plutonium Filling weight 14 pounds (6.4 kg) Blast yield 21 kt (88 TJ; 1 g mass equivalent) Bomb interior: The bomb was 128 inches (3,300 mm) long and 60 inches (1,500 mm) in diameter. It weighed 10,300 pounds (4,700 kg). Fat Man external schematic One of four AN 219 contact fuzes. Archie radar antenna. Plate with batteries (to detonate charge surrounding nuclear components). X-Unit, a firing set placed near the charge. Hinge fixing the two ellipsoidal parts of the bomb. Physics package Plate with instruments (radars, baroswitches, and timers). Barotube collector. California Parachute tail assembly (0.20-inch (5.1 mm) aluminum sheet). |
| 13th April 2018 04:05 PM | |
| Unregistered | Re: fat man in the world Hello sir, is there any one can show me weight of Fat Man bomb in The World? Will you please also provide me detail about the Fat Man In The World? |
| 24th October 2016 12:48 PM | |
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