450 The Gadget
About this episode
The episode discusses the development of atomic bomb technology by the United States in 1944.
By 1944, the United States had developed the facilities to produce U-235 and plutonium in sufficient quantities. The last problem was how to design and build a bomb that would detonate an atomic explosion when you wanted it, but not before.
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