"Little Boy"

     "Little Boy" was one of the bombs that was dropped in 1945 and that was it's codename. This bomb uranium filled bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, August 6 starting the mass production of destruction and chaos among the civilians of Hiroshima and the surrounding cities. This bomb was made mass extermination unfortunately. Considering the facts of the bomb, anyone would agree that "Little Boy" wasn't so little. It weighed over closely four and half tons. This bomb killed 66,000 civilians and injured approximately 69,000 civilians "by a 10-kiloton atomic explosion." This mass extermination, or vaporization, covered about half a mile in diameter and the shock wave that caused damage spread to a diameter of two miles and at about two and half miles, everything insight that was flammable had been burned. Overall, this bomb carefully covered a diameter of three miles.hiro1.gif (64778 bytes)

This link will you lead you to a video of Little Boy.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/392814/atomic_bomb_little_boy_original_footage/

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