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Fat Man

This is a replica of "Fat Man", displayed alongside "Bockscar", the B-29 that dropped the actual bomb on Nagasaki. "Fat Man" was the second atomic bomb dropped. Unlike "LIttle Boy", which was a gun-type uranium bomb, "Fat Man" was an implosion plutonium bomb.

 

Taken at the Air Force Museum

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Uploaded on August 8, 2011
Taken on July 24, 2011