the first atomic bomb was made out of plutonium.
the first atomic bomb was made out of plutonium.
what was the first atomic bomb made out of?
plutonium
soviet scientists, aided greatly by soviet espionage within the manhattan project, would have been able to eventually build their first atomic bomb without exploitation of german technology and scientists. however, the contributions of the german scientists is borne out by the many ussr state prizes and other awards given in the wake of the second soviet atomic bomb test, a uranium-based atomic bomb; awards for uranium production and isotope separation were prevalent. also significant in both the first soviet atomic bomb testa plutonium-based atomic bomb which required a uranium reactor for plutonium generationand the second test, was the soviet acquisition of a significant amount of uranium immediately before and shortly after the close of world war ii. this saved them a year by their own admission.
russian alsos
strauss had no further direct involvement with atomic-bomb development during the war. at the end of the war, when the first atomic bombs were ready for use, he advocated dropping one on a symbolic target, such as a cedar forest held in reverence by the japanese, as a warning shot. he also recommended a test of the atomic bomb against a number of modern warships, which he thought would refute the idea that the atomic bomb made the navy obsolete. that led to operation crossroads at bikini atoll, the first atomic bomb test after trinity.









































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lewis strauss