Trinity (nuclear test)
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device. It was conducted by the United States Army at 5: 29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was of an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed \”The Gadget\”, of the same design as the Fat Man bomb later detonated over Nagasaki, Japan,...