Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82', was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change the world. Approximately a ...

Capt. Robert A Lewis wrote the account during and in the immediate aftermath of dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of France's nuclear deterrent to eight European nations, alongside ...

At 5:30 a.m. mountain war time on July 16, 1945, the world’s first nuclear weapon detonated over a flat, arid stretch of New Mexico desert. The Trinity test, as it was code-named, confirmed that an ...

Autonomous or agentic artificial intelligence will create challenges for public trust in the technology. That is why building ...

First atomic bomb test site, Trinity Site, open house canceled amid government shutdown New Mexico agriculture industry, agencies prepare as screwworm flies closer Lomas closures planned so new water ...

In 1954, the United States detonated Castle Bravo at Bikini Atoll expecting a far smaller blast, but the weapon exploded with a 15-megaton yield and became the largest nuclear test in U.S. history.

Last year, President Donald Trump shocked many people when he instructed the government to resume nuclear testing “on an ...

Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so ...

The United States has taken a step toward a 21st-century renaissance in civilian nuclear power as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given the go-ahead for TerraPower's Natrium Gen IV reactor ...

President Donald Trump has claimed that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was "a road to a nuclear weapon" and the country "would be sitting with a massive nuclear weapon three years ago" if he hadn't ...

The launch was scheduled years in advance and was not in response to current world events, according to Air Force Global ...