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Q: What was the name given to the US effort to develop the first nuclear weapon?
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What was the name of the effort to build the American nuclear weapon?

it was called the Manhattan Projectthe code name for the American project set up in 1942 to develop an atom bomb. The project culminated in 1945 with the detonation of the first nuclear weapon, at White Sands in New Mexico.


What was the effort during WW2 to develop the first nuclear weapons of the US?

Manhattan Project.


Who is first nuclear power in the world?

The first country to develop nuclear elements I'm not sure, but the first country to develop a nuclear weapon was the united states. Also the former soviet union has the most nuclear missiles in the world but they are from the cold war, old and outdated, America has sophisticated missile systems that can sent a warhead almost anywhere on the planet


Where was the first nuclear weapon detonated?

The first nuclear weapon was used on Hiroshima , Japan . The first nuclear bomb test was conducted in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945 .


What you know about nuclear weapon?

the first nuclear weapon was issued in WW2 created by the americans in a chicargo squash court


When did China get first nuclear weapon?

1964


Countries who acquired nuclear weapons?

Currently, nine states possess nuclear weapons.United States - Tested its first nuclear weapon in 1945Russia - Tested its first nuclear weapon in 1949United Kingdom - Tested its first weapon in 1952France - Tested its first weapon in 1960China - Tested its first weapon in 1964India - Tested its first weapon in 1974Pakistan - Tested its first weapon in 1998Israel - Acquired weapons sometime between 1967-1971North Korea - Tested its first weapon in 2009Four states have ended their nuclear programsSouth Africa - de-nuclearized in 1991Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan - Returned nuclear weapons to Russia in mid-1990s.Nuclear Aspirants, but no nuclear program or weaponsGermany, Canada, Libya, Japan, Argentina, Syria. Sweden, Egypt, South Korea, Switzerland, Iraq, TaiwanFuture nuclear states?IranSee, Peter Beckman et. al, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear States, and Terrorism (2007), 41.


What year did India detonated its first nuclear weapon?

India detonated it's first nuclear weapon on 1974at (POKRAN)a desert area in RAJASTHAN.


Who was the first to develop iron weapon's?

assyrians


What was created by the Manhattan Project?

The first Nuclear Weapon.


What country developed the first nuclear weapon?

canada


What is the first nuclear weapon was made during World War 2?

The atomic bomb was the first nuclear weapon ever made during World war two and it was the first weapon that have been tested before Hiroshima was under attack.