Hiroshima-Nagasaki Bombing
70th Anniversary

6th August 1945
Hiroshima

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  • Atomic bomb (Little Boy) dropped on Hiroshima
  • 64 kgs of highly-enriched uranium with a 16 kiloton yield
  • The bomb was dropped at exactly 8.15am local time

9th August 1945
Nagasaki

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  • Atomic bomb (Fat Man) dropped over Nagasaki
  • 6.2 kgs of plutonium with a 21 kiloton yield
  • The Fat Man was dropped at exactly 11.02am in the morning