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On July 16th, 1945, at 5:29 a.m., the culmination of relentless efforts, brilliant mathematics, and the pursuit of unprecedented engineering accuracy converged in a blinding flash of light over the New Mexico desert—a testament to humanity’s capabilities, yet a harbinger of destruction. The force unleashed was equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT; the implosion bomb had not only succeeded, but it had also ushered in an era defined by the terrifying potential for self-destruction.