Little Boy was the atomic bomb developed by the Manhattan Project and dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay. It was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare, exploding with an estimated energy of about 15 kilotons of TNT.
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Little Boy was a type of atomic bomb created by the Manhattan Project during World War II.
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The name is also often used to describe the specific bomb (L-11) used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay on 6 August 1945, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare, and the second nuclear explosion in history, after the Trinity nuclear test.
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By 1950, at least five weapons were completed; all were retired by November 1950
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By 1950, at least five weapons were completed; all were retired by November 1950.
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Little Boy was a type of atomic bomb created by the Manhattan Project during World War II. The name is also often used to describe the specific bomb (L-11) used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay on 6 August 1945, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare, and the second nuclear explosion in history, after the Trinity nuclear test.
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