On April 17, 1934, after a long period of preparation, Arthur finally received the greatest piece of good news: the first nuclear weapon manufactured by the nuclear weapons development experimental team—the atomic bomb Mors.
Arthur had given the atomic bomb its name. Mors, the name of the god of death in Roman mythology.
Arthur had bestowed the name of the god of death upon this atomic bomb. Its purpose needed no further explanation.
No matter who Australasia's enemies were, Mors and the series of nuclear weapons that followed would become the gods of death hanging over the heads of Australasia's enemies.
Before conducting the final nuclear test, Arthur received a report from the nuclear weapons development team and saw Mors's exterior and internal structure.
The theories behind atomic bombs were more or less the same: when a neutron rapidly struck the nucleus of a Uranium-235 atom, it would split into two other elements, barium and krypton, while releasing two to three neutrons and roughly 200 megaelectronvolts of energy.
The released neutrons could then continue striking other Uranium-235 atoms, triggering continuous nuclear fission. This was the principle behind the famous chain reaction.
Before the nuclear experiment, the development team had already calculated the explosive equivalent of one gram of completely fissioned Uranium-235. It was roughly equivalent to nearly twenty tons of TNT explosives and could destroy every building within a radius of 120 meters.
Australasia's first atomic bomb, Mors, adopted the relatively typical gun-type atomic bomb design from history.
The entire atomic bomb's structure resembled the barrel of a pistol. The electronic detonator and explosives were located at the rear, while the uranium blocks were located at the head of the atomic bomb.
The explosives would be detonated by the electronic detonator at the rear, and the gas would drive a