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Copyright 1998-2003, editors Big Fat, Inc., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Last update 7/1/03 Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Fat Man From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A post-war "Fat Man" model. "Fat-Man" was the codename of the atomic bomb which was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan by the United States, on August 9, 1945. It was the second of the two nuclear editors weapons to be used in warfare. The name also refers more generically to the early nuclear editors weapon designs of U.S. weapons based on the "Fat Man" model. Contents 1 Technology 2 The Bombing 3 The Gadget 4 Interior of bomb 5 See also 6 External links [edit] Technology The weapon was 7-foot 8-inch (2.34 metre) long, five-foot (1.52 metre) diameter, and weighed 10,200 pounds (4,630 kg): in accordance with the name, it was more than twice as wide as Little Boy, dropped on Hiroshima three days earlier; however, the mass was only 10% more. It was detonated at an altitude of about 1,800 feet (550 m) over the city.
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