70 years ago today: The Little Boy bomb (L-11) is fully assembled. It awaits any good weather day after August 3rd.pic.twitter.com/UnhrxWZ4PJ
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@wellerstein Why did the bomb need painting???
@matthewcobb The dark paint was anti-rust, for the tropical atmosphere. The numbers are because they had numerous spare and test casings.
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@wellerstein Why did it matter if it rusted??? How quick does rust act? It's a bomb! Seems like engineers doing what engineers do, no? -
@matthewcobb They didn't want to leave anything to chance — they spent a lot of money on those bombs! -
@wellerstein@matthewcobb And you sure don't want it to malfunction and end up in the enemy's hands. -
@Kaboom1776@wellerstein Not sure how paint would help that!
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