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'''Fat Man''' was the name given to one of the two types of [[atomic bomb]]s first produced at [[Los Alamos]].  
 
'''Fat Man''' was the name given to one of the two types of [[atomic bomb]]s first produced at [[Los Alamos]].  
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Fat Man had a radioactive core of [[plutonium]].  The bomb ignited through the "implosion method," whereby the explosives surrounding the plutonium exploded, setting of a shock wave that compressed the plutonium so much that it set off a nuclear explosion.
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Fat Man had a radioactive core of [[plutonium]].  The bomb ignited through the "implosion method," whereby the explosives surrounding the plutonium exploded, setting off a shock wave that compressed the plutonium so much that it set off a nuclear explosion.
    
Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity]] and [[Nagasaki]] and destroyed many lives much to the chagrin of the Japanese people.
 
Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity]] and [[Nagasaki]] and destroyed many lives much to the chagrin of the Japanese people.
    
[[Category:Weapons]]
 
[[Category:Weapons]]
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