Nukes

White Sands Missile Range, where the U.S. detonated the world's first nuclear weapon known as "the Gadget" on July 16, 1945...

On May 21, 1946, Dr. Louis Slotin suffered a fatal dose of radiation during an accident involving a nuclear bomb.

The atomic age formally began at exactly 5:30 a.m. (Mountain time) on July 16, 1945. At that moment, the Manhattan Project...

Seoul and Washington have agreed to begin talks about deploying the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.

An Air Force probe of officer drug abuse has led to the discovery of a cheating scandal in the nation's nuclear missile force...

The U.S. will need to spend as much as $18 billion per year starting in 2021 in order to maintain a viable nuclear deterrence...