Trinity Test atom bomb site after detonation, 1945. This aerial view (from vertically overhead) was taken 28 hours after the detonation. The Trinity Test atom bomb, known as 'The Gadget', was placed on top of a 30-metre tall tower and detonated with a yield equivalent to 22 kilotons of TNT. This was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, carried out by the US Army on 16 July 1945 in New Mexico, USA. It was developed as part of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory. The core consisted of a cylinder of uranium with plutonium and beryllium inside. | |
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