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Originally Posted by Si modo
No, we couldn't. The process for purifying the material for a bomb - enriched uranium - was being developed at the same time as the bomb. There was not enough to "just make more" bombs. As no production yet existed other than pilot scale, any uranium that was enriched was used and used in a bomb not for testing.
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this may be true, but do keep in mind that it is just a few years later that the US mass produces a nuke arsenal.