how is the atom bomb conctructed to ensure that it does not go off immediately?

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User: how is the atom bomb conctructed to ensure that it does not go off immediately?

Weegy: A timer controlling when neutrons will be lanuched and absorbed by the atom bomb. will be set.therefore controlling when a critical mass will be reached is achieved and hence a nuclear reaction will take place leading up to the explosion.

User: over which two japanese cities were atom bombs dropped during world war 2?

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The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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