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Which is the code name of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima ?1. Little Boy2. Fat Man3. Thin Boy4. Big Boy

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Little Boy

The correct answer is Little Boy.

  • On August 6, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
  • The bomb was known as "Little Boy", a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force.
  • The bombing of Hiroshima, codenamed Operation Centerboard I, was approved by Curtis LeMay on August 4, 1945.
  • The B-29 plane carried Little Boy.

  • Three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
    • A 21-kiloton plutonium device known as "Fat Man”.
  • The B-29 "Bockscar", piloted Major Charles Sweeney, was assigned to deliver the "Fat Man".

  • On 16 July 1945, U.S. scientists working on the 'Manhatten Project' successfully detonated the first-ever nuclear explosion in the ‘Trinity’ test at Alamogordo, New Mexico.


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