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The implosion bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan at 11:02 am on August 9, 1945. The bomb was dropped 2 miles off target. 74,000 people were killed and another 75.000 sustained serious injuries.

See Nagasaki, Fission Bomb, Fission, Implosion Weapon, Manhattan Project.

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