On April 12th, 1935, five days after the second atomic bomb test concluded.
Arthur looked at the three contrasting sets of data on his desk, gazed at Einstein with considerable surprise, and couldn't help asking, "Are these the atomic bomb data you tested a few days ago?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Einstein nodded, seemingly anticipating Arthur's astonishment.
"The first set of data is from our first test of the gun-type atomic bomb, while the second and third sets are our improved Uranium-235 atomic bomb and Plutonium-239 atomic bomb, respectively," Einstein introduced.
"The explosive yield of the improved Uranium-235 atomic bomb reached 3,200 tons of TNT equivalent, with a nuclear material utilization rate of at least 10%? The Plutonium-239 atomic bomb had a yield of 5,000 tons, with a nuclear material utilization rate of at least 15%?" Arthur hadn't expected the second nuclear weapon test data to differ so vastly from the first.
Of course, this was a great thing for Australasia.
One had to bear in mind that all three of these atomic bombs were test models; the first atomic bomb contained only one kilogram of Uranium-235 as nuclear material, and the other two bombs each contained only 1.5 kilograms of Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239 respectively.
In normal combat operations, they certainly wouldn't load such a small amount of nuclear material.
The two atomic bombs dropped by the Americans on the Japanese—the first contained a full 64 kilograms of Uranium-235, and the second had 6.1 kilograms of Plutonium-239—were much larger in volume than these test models.
Theoretically, the more nuclear material loaded, the greater the destructive power generated when the atomic bomb exploded.
Although it couldn't be calculated by a simple multiple, if Australasian atomic bombs generally loaded over 6 kilograms of Plutonium-239, didn't that mean the explosive power of a single