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US’ Trinity Test

July 21 , 2020 1497 days 719 0
  • On 16th July, exactly 75 years ago, the USA scientists tested Gadget.
  • It was the world’s first atomic bomb.
  • Trinity was the code name of this first detonation of a nuclear device.
  • The test was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert near the New Mexico.
  • The super bomb, nicknamed ‘Gadget’, was developed as part of the US-led Manhattan Project.
  • The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
  • It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.

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