An interactive map created by nuclearsecrecy.com paints ... If a weapon akin to Little Boy - the bomb unleashed on Hiroshima by the United States on August 9, 1945 - were to be detonated in ...

In contrast, “Little Boy,” the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima ... The original B61 gravity bomb was created in 1968, making it the oldest nuclear weapon in America’s arsenal.

It’s not just a faster bomb. It’s a more lethal one. A single B61-13 carries a yield of up to 360 kilotons — that’s 361,000 tonnes of TNT. By comparison, the “Little Boy” dropped on ...

In a scene straight out of hell, many people and objects were vaporised due to the excessive heat produced by the bomb. It is documented that Little Boy, upon detonation, produced a fireball that ...