by a Fat Man
!historychads pic related was taken 15 minutes after the nuke detonated.
It was dropped by the B-29 Bockscar, commanded by USAAF captain Frederick C. Bock
Here's a pic of Fat Man, it was an implosion type weapon and carried plutonium was fissile material.
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Is it from back in old boomer times or before?
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Enola Gay
Little Boy
Fat Man
who tf was in charge of naming
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Yeah seriously. You just invented the most destructive weapon the world has ever seen, with the power to literally erase civilization as we know it, and these are the names you come up with?
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I'd name my bomber Two For Flinching or Fervent Negotiator. Call the first bomb Big Stick to be patriotic.
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I'd name it NipNuker5000
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Rice Cooker would also be acceptable.
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I somehow never knew this but the Enola Gay was named after the pilots mom
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The pilots named their own planes, so a bunch of early 20s white men.
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