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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 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.
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Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity (atomic explosion)]] and on the civilian population of [[Nagasaki]], on August 9, 1945.
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Fat Man bombs were used at [[Trinity (atomic explosion)]] and on the population of [[Nagasaki]], on August 9, 1945, as to potentially save millions of lives by ending [[World War Two]].
    
==See Also==
 
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