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This diagram only shows one type of weapon design, and in particular, the type used in the Fat Man bomb. The Little Boy bomb had a different design:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-type_fission_weapon

[EDIT: Originally had FM and LB reversed. Thanks to droopybuns for pointing this out.]



You're inverted. Little boy is the gun bomb.

Another interesting anecdote is that Little Boy's design was a fall back. The "Thin Man" was plutonium based and discovered to be unlikely to yield an efficient explosion, so they changed to Uranium and made the gun bigger.


You're right. I fixed it. Thanks!




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