Explained: How the US’ Trinity Test led to the dawn of the atomic age | Explained News,The Indian Express

Explained: How the US’ Trinity Test led to the dawn of the atomic age | Explained News,The Indian Express

Explained: How the US’ Trinity Test led to the dawn of the atomic age

July 16, 2020 5:51 pm

On this day, exactly 75 years ago, scientists tested Gadget — the world’s first atomic bomb — in what was dubbed as the ‘Trinity Test’. Less than a month later, an identical nuclear bomb called ‘Fat Man’ was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands.