Looking at the atomic bombs of the United States, the former Soviet Union and China, the names are quite interesting, and they all follow the principle of "low-key and pictographic". "Miss Qiu" is spherical, and she was initially called "Lao Qiu". As for why her surname is Qiu? Is it to commemorate someone? In fact, Qiu is the homophone of "ball".
The first three atomic bombs in the United States were named Slim Man, Fat Man, and Little Boy. The scientists who named these three atomic bombs said that the main reference in naming them was the shape of the atomic bomb. It took nearly six years for the United States to develop the first atomic bomb, Slim Man. This atomic bomb was relatively slender and 5.5 meters high. It was named after the novel "Slim Man". When Roosevelt decided to research the atomic bomb, he required the research team to keep it strictly confidential. Even Vice President Truman only learned about the plan after he took over as president.
What made people truly understand the huge power of the atomic bomb was the first atomic bomb put into actual combat, Little Boy, which exploded in Hiroshima, Japan, instantly razing the entire city to the ground. Seventy thousand people died directly from the little boy's explosion, and what was even more terrifying was the subsequent impact. Because of the radioactive pollution caused by the atomic bomb, a large number of civilians died of cancer, pregnant parents suffered a large number of miscarriages, and some newborns were deformed. By 1999, the number of little boys who had died directly or indirectly had reached 200,000. Another American atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, this one named after the movie The Maltese Falcon. The birth of these two atomic bombs immediately made Japan unable to resist, forcing them to surrender.
The former Soviet Union felt a sense of crisis and began to secretly develop an atomic bomb. The name of this atomic bomb was Pumpkin, which broke the United States' nuclear monopoly. In fact, the codename of this atomic bomb was Joe-1, which was a reference to Stalin's name. As for why it was later called Pumpkin, maybe? It was relatively flat.
At that time, our country’s military strength was quite weak. The older generation of revolutionaries knew that if there were no nuclear weapons at their side, they would always be in a passive state in the world, fearful in front of the two superpowers. foot. In order to carry out this difficult task and maintain confidentiality as much as possible, our scientists have developed a series of code words.
You must know that at that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were closely monitoring China's every move, and even held a lunch meeting to plan to sabotage China's plans. So not only is the code name secret, every step of atomic bomb configuration has a code name. For example, the atomic bomb workbench is a dressing table, connecting cables is called braiding, and the equipment step is called dressing up? So on the day of the nuclear explosion, Zhang Aiping sent a code message to Premier Zhou: Miss Qiu was at the dressing table, combing her hair at 8 o'clock Braids? Wonderful statement.