'''Little Boy''' was one of the two original [[American]] designs for the [[atomic bomb]] developed at [[Los Alamos]] during [[World War II]]. The other design was called [[Fat man]].
'''Little Boy''' was one of the two original [[American]] designs for the [[atomic bomb]] developed at [[Los Alamos]] during [[World War II]]. The other design was called [[Fat man]].
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Little boy consisted of two masses of [[Uranium 235]] as [[radioactive]] material. A "[[gun]]-assembly method" ignited the bomb as follows: one subcritical mass of [[uranium]] was fired at another, and together they reached a critical mass to set off a [[nuclear]] explosion.
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Little boy consisted of two masses of [[Uranium]]-235 as [[radioactive]] material. A "[[gun]]-assembly method" ignited the bomb as follows: one subcritical mass of [[uranium]] was fired at another, and together they reached a critical mass to set off a [[nuclear]] explosion.
Little boy was dropped on [[Hiroshima]] [[Japan]] on August 9th, 1945. It is estimated that the bomb killed 140,000 people.
Little boy was dropped on [[Hiroshima]] [[Japan]] on August 9th, 1945. It is estimated that the bomb killed 140,000 people.