There was a debate at Los Alamos about whether to test the new plutonium 'implosion' bomb before it was actually dropped. ... Kistiakowsky and Oppenheimer both argued for such a test, but initially Groves was opposed. He was afraid that if the test failed, the precious plutonium would be scattered all across the countryside."... Hanford's plutonium production was increasing fast enough so that a test would cause little delay in time. ... At 0815 hours the bomb was dropped from the Enola Gay. ...

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The bomb dropped by the B-29 bomber Enola Gay on august 6, 1945 in Hiroshima was nicknamed "Little Boy" after Franklin D. ... In three years the U.S. was ready to test the first atomic bomb, and did in New Mexico. ... Less than a month after the first test, a bomb fell on Hiroshima. ...

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