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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On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever. ... The result was tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, and was the first explosion of an atomic bomb code-named Trinity (Beyer 55). ... FDR died on April 12, three months before the first successful Trinity test (Beyer 56). ... Nuclear testing, nuclear power, and nuclear waste are still being debated for over 50 years, and the United States,...

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