Themes > Science > Chemistry > Nuclear Chemistry > Nuclear Weapons > The First Nuclear Chain Reaction > The First Nuclear Weapons > The First Atomic Bombs

This subsection describes the three atomic bombs, which were constructed and detonated in 1945. Although diagrams would be extremely useful in describing these devices, I have not included any ASCII graphics due to the unsatisfactory resolution they offer. I may create GIFs at some future time.


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