Key point for those who don’t click through (that I didn’t realize at first) -- both types turned out to work and were in fact used. The gun-type “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, and the implosion-type “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki.
Key point for those who don’t click through (that I didn’t realize at first) -- both types turned out to work and were in fact used. The gun-type “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, and the implosion-type “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki.