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Old 08-20-13, 10:47 AM   #56
TLAM Strike
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Originally Posted by Aktungbby View Post
Ironically, Americas final shot was the bomb at Hiroshima: both halves of the uranium ball were blown together by BLACK POWDER to create the immediate critical mass to explode over the city. Nothing goes entirely out of service.
For the record;
The Little Boy bomb used Cordite not Black Powder to set off the physics package.

Fat Man (the 2nd and last A-Bomb used in WWII) used Comp B and Baratol to initiate the implosion of the physics package.
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