Eventually, through about two months of construction at the Jornado del Muerto desert in central New Mexico, codenamed "Trinity" by Oppenheimer, the atomic implosion bomb was ready to test in July of 1945. ... After the successful test at Trinity, it was then time to adapt the weapon for a practical use, actually converting it into a bomb. ... The B-29 was readied for bombing, and Colonel Tibbets had painted and named the plane the Enola Gay, his mother's maiden name. ... The Enola Gay approached Hiroshima and dropped its colossal weapon. ...

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Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. ... On July 16, 1945, Oppenheimer and Groves' units conducted a firing test of the lethal weapon in the New Mexico desert (Oppenheimer). ... The Trinity test (the code name for the test of the first atomic bomb), on July 16, 1945, was an amazing success (Kimball). ... Scientists and technicians loaded and secured the bomb on the Enola Gay. ... Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. ...

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Testing and Bombing A. ... At last it was time for the testing and bombing, to see if all the hard work had paid off. The first test was conducted in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico at a site called Trinity. ... Ken Bainbridge, the test director, then told Oppenheimer, "Now we"re all sons of bitches." ... Aioi bridge was set as the target for the bomb, and at 0815 hours, the bomb was dropped from the war plane, the Enola Gay. ...

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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 only obstacle that stood in their way was the actual testing of the bomb. The test, code name "Trinity," occurred on July 16, 1945 in the New Mexico desert town of Alamogordo. ... Finally the first atomic bomb had been detonated and the testing was considered a great success. After receiving a full report of the test, Truman decided dropping the bomb would be the only way to put a quick end to the war. ... Anyhow, the infamous decision was made by Truman and on the morning of August 6, 1945 a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay was loaded with a whale shaped bomb weighing in at about nine ...

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