Nuclear test

Trinity (United States)

16 Jul 1945 · Alamogordo

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When
16 Jul 1945
Kind
Nuclear test
Yield (kt)
21
Where
Alamogordo
Coordinates
32.54° N, 105.57° W
Yield kt
21
Type
tower
Purpose
weapons development programme
Reported by
DOE

Trinity (nuclear test)

First detonation of a nuclear weapon

Trinity was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, or "gadget" – the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945.

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