Mark 3 nuclear bomb
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The Mark 3 nuclear bomb was an early U.S. atomic weapon, a production version of the "Fat Man" design used at the end of World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fission bomb
ⓘ
implosion-type nuclear weapon ⓘ nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fat Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Cold War nuclear bomb of the United States ⓘ |
| contains |
conventional high explosives
ⓘ
neutron initiator ⓘ |
| coreMaterial | plutonium-239 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deliveryMethod | air-dropped free-fall bomb ⓘ |
| deploymentPlatform |
B-29 Superfortress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
B-50 Superfortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| design | plutonium implosion ⓘ |
| designOrigin | Los Alamos Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detonationMechanism | implosion of plutonium core ⓘ |
| diameter |
1.52 m
ⓘ
60 in ⓘ |
| era | post–World War II ⓘ |
| explosiveLensType | high-explosive lenses ⓘ |
| fissileCoreType | solid plutonium core ⓘ |
| fuzing | airburst fuzing ⓘ |
| guidance | unguided ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first U.S. production-model nuclear bomb ⓘ |
| length |
128 in
ⓘ
3.25 m ⓘ |
| nuclearWeaponType | tactical and strategic bomb ⓘ |
| operator | Strategic Air Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Fat Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStatus | mass-produced ⓘ |
| relatedProgram | Manhattan Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Trinity test design lineage ⓘ |
| retired | 1950 ⓘ |
| role | strategic bombing ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1947 ⓘ |
| sharesDesignWith | Fat Man atomic bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Mark 4 nuclear bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedFor | nuclear weapons testing ⓘ |
| usedIn | early Cold War ⓘ |
| warheadType |
composite core (later variants)
ⓘ
gun-type plutonium core (early variants) ⓘ |
| weight |
about 10,300 lb
ⓘ
about 4,670 kg ⓘ |
| yield | about 21 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
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