Trinity 1945
First ever atomic bomb test — plutonium implosion device (Gadget)
Year
1945
Tests
1
Max yield
21 kt
Hiroshimas
1
Films
1
The world's first nuclear explosion. The test validated the implosion design used in the Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki. The blast was visible from three states. The crater is still radioactive.
- Location
- Alamogordo, New Mexico
- Country
- USA
- Coordinates
- 33.677, -106.475 · view on map →
Films (1)