Originally Posted by
camelspyyder
Of course, the 2 were completely different weapons. However, Fat Man did have the unique benefit of a previous test firing in New Mexico... I admit, since visiting the test site, I have often wondered why the unproven Little Boy was used first on Ops.
I've never been to the Trinity Site but my wife's sister has. At Los Alamos there is the nice little free Bradbury Science Museum. The Gadget, its components and pertinent historical correspondence are featured prominently in the Historical Gallery. I don't remember seeing much about Little Boy, maybe that device is covered in better detail in the Smithsonian or USAF Museum exhibits.
I've read the first couple of books in Richard Rhodes' nuclear tetralogy more than once over the years. I'm trying to plow through
Arsenals of Folly but I feel like I've been stuck on a communist collective farm with the Gorbachev's for the last hundred pages.
