The MAUD Report says the bomb is feasible
1941 · Event
A British committee concludes that a uranium bomb of some 10 kg is not only possible but buildable within two years — the finding that jolts a dawdling American programme into urgency. Britain's head start is real, but only America has the industry to act on it.
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