plutonium bomb
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At 11:02 a.m., the moment the B-29 bomber dropped a plutonium bomb, Nagasaki survivors and other participants in the ceremony stood in a minute of silence to honor more than 70,000 lives lost.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
At 5:30 a.m., the plutonium bomb produced a blinding light minutes before dawn, making it the first double sunrise in history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
The Hiroshima hydrogen bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, and the Nagasaki plutonium bomb was dropped three days later, on August 9, 1945.
From US News ● May 10, 2016
Owing to its complexity, the plutonium bomb needed to be tested before there could be any attempt to use it.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Sitting in his car, he quickly finished the paper, which included vital details on plutonium bomb design, as well as a technical description of the uranium bomb used at Hiroshima.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
