Jumbo The Trinity Test

The Trinity Test. Jumbo. The bomb design to be used at Trinity Site actually involved two explosions. First there would be a conventional explosion involving the TNT and then, a fraction of a second later, the nuclear explosion, if a chain reaction was maintained. The scientists were sure the TNT would explode, but were initially unsure of the plutonium. If the chain reaction failed to occur, the TNT would blow the very rare and dangerous plutonium all over the countryside.

Trinity Site Open House

The Trinity Test Site – Page 7 – White Sands Missile Range Museum

This Is How Humanity's First Nuclear Explosion Created A New

Socorro, NM - Chunk of Jumbo From First A-Bomb Blast

The First Test With an Atomic Bomb Created an Unusual Anomaly

Trinity Test Site, New Mexico, 2019

Photograph, Trinity Test Site, Manhattan Project

Trinity Test Preparations (Full)

The 2017 Atomic Heritage Roadtrip, Part 3: Trinity & Titan