The Trinity Test Site Is Open One More Time This Year. You Might Not Get In. White Sands Missile Range, where the U.S. detonated the world's first nuclear weapon known as "the Gadget" on July 16, 1945...
How a Scientist's Atomic Demonstration Turned Deadly at Los Alamos On May 21, 1946, Dr. Louis Slotin suffered a fatal dose of radiation during an accident involving a nuclear bomb.
How the Manhattan Project Gained Momentum in Building the Atomic Bomb The atomic age formally began at exactly 5:30 a.m. (Mountain time) on July 16, 1945. At that moment, the Manhattan Project...
US, South Korea to Discuss Deployment of Missile Defense System Seoul and Washington have agreed to begin talks about deploying the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.
Hagel Orders Nuclear Mission Review after Scandal Hagel ordered a review of the nuclear arsenal and the personnel in charge of the weapons following allegations of drug abuse.
Nuclear Deal's End to Iran Arms Embargo Worries Pentagon, Analysts The deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions may jumpstart the Iranian economy and generate more revenue for the regime's...
Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and...
ICE Agents Will Be Posted at Gates of 3 Marine Corps Bases as Part of Pilot Program The Marine Corps is partnering with federal immigration authorities under a pilot program the service says is aimed at...
Hegseth Starts Evangelical Prayer Services at Pentagon with His Tennessee Church Pastor The defense secretary's personal pastor from a Tennessee church whose leaders have a documented history of advocating for...
Soldiers Face Tougher Reenlistment Rules as Army Plans Troop Reductions The Army is halting a popular program that allowed soldiers to extend their enlistments in short increments, a shift that...
4 Siblings Joined the Military. Almost 30 Years Later, Only 2 Remain We were a close family. All four siblings joined the military, prompting the local office to send my mother and me honorary...
![At Alamagordo, N.M., a Manhattan Project team assembles "Jumbo" or "Big Brother" prior to its detonation on July 16, 1945.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/cold-war/2017/02/jumbo-nuclear-bomb.jpg?itok=-uzptGc8 "At Alamagordo, N.M., a Manhattan Project team assembles "Jumbo" or "Big Brother" prior to its detonation on July 16, 1945. This detonation marked the first controlled atomic explosion and began the atomic age. (Los Alamos National Laboratory photo)")
