Trinity test
First atomic detonation
The Trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico.
The successful test confirmed that the plutonium implosion design worked, clearing the way for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki three weeks later.
The name, chosen by physicist J.
Robert Oppenheimer, has become synonymous with the dawn of the nuclear age.
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
- Los AlamosNuclear research town
- gadgetNovel small device
- blastSudden forceful burst
- plutonium-239Fissile actinide isotope
countdown · Enrico Fermi · light · implosion · heat · flash · J. Robert Oppenheimer · mushroom cloud · Potsdam Conference · atomic bomb · chain reaction · critical mass · tower · test site · crater · fireball · blinding light · Alamogordo
- Nuclearnuclear reactor, atomic bomb, nuclear energy, atomic bombs, uranium
- Manhattan ProjectManhattan Project, Los Alamos, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, Oak Ridge
- Nuclear EventsChernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, meltdown, core meltdown
- Nuclear Testsnuclear test, nuclear explosion, underground test, atmospheric test, weapons test
- nuclear weaponsatomic bomb, atom bomb, warheads, hydrogen bomb, a-bomb
- military testsASVAB, military aptitude, entrance exams, aptitude tests, qualification tests
Trinity testHiroshima
First nuclear-struck city
Nagasaki · atomic bombing · nuclear warfare · Little Boy · Fat Man
Trinity testnuclear disarmament
Reducing atomic weapon stockpiles
denuclearization · arms reduction · nuclear freeze · dismantlement · nonproliferation
Trinity testnuclear test ban
Prohibition on atomic explosions