They inserted gunpowder and a detonator into the bomb. At 7:15 a.m., they removed the safety devices and inserted arming devices. Little Boy was ready to be deployed. The plan was to drop the bomb ...

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, a dramatic new account of the quest to build the first nuclear weapon... and the ...

It's been almost 80 years since an unprecedented atomic bomb wreaked havoc ... to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did'. The Little Boy weighed approximately 4,400 ...

The plane and its crew of 14 dropped the five-ton "Little Boy" bomb on the morning of Aug. 6 ... but I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as ...

During World War II, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs -- "Little Boy" on Hiroshima with a yield ... the joint chiefs of staff moved forward with a plan that was, in part, put together ...

Little Boy’s sequel upped the megatonnage a bit. The Ivy King bomb tested by the US would be a slightly more efficient means of ushering in the apocalypse, with 55,000 and some change needed to ...

It was the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, when the plane and its crew of 14 dropped the five-ton "Little Boy" bomb over Hiroshima ... able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly ...

Seventy years ago on Aug. 6, 1945, World War II became a nuclear war when an atomic bomb leveled Hiroshima ... This is unacceptable. The “Little Boy” Hiroshima and “Fat Man” Nagasaki ...

It was the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, when the plane and its crew of 14 dropped the five-ton "Little Boy" bomb over Hiroshima ... able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly ...