Mga tooling department
It has taken three months to prepare just one of the three dies necessary to manufacture Little Boy . The die you see in the picture has been nick-named "from outer space" in view of the complex 8-point closing system. On your left you will find an extract from our local paper "La Provincia" that dedicated to the Manhattanproject a six column title "The atomic bomb made in Como is born" ( see press section)




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