Project A119 was a Cold War-era response to Sputnik, with the goal of using a nuclear explosion in space to scare the Soviets ...

In 1949, the cold war became a nuclear arms race when the Soviets detonated an atomic bomb. United States military and ...

When the design was debuted at a beauty pageant on July 5, 1946, the name “Bikini” first went public as a hat-tip to the atoll where the United States begun Operation Crossroads days before. It ...

Experts have safely detonated a bomb dropped by the Nazis during the Second World War after it was found on a construction ...

A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel, in what plant officials said was a step t ...

For decades, Americans have been able to keep a comfortable distance from the disturbing visuals captured after the dropping ...

Later on, Michiko learned that her neighbourhood of Takasu – located about 3.5km (2 miles) from the hypocentre (directly beneath the bomb) – had experienced the heaviest downfall of nuclear-co ...

On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the world's first nuclear bomb test in the New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan Project, which led to the detonations of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

On a day when 20 bomb threats were issued to multiple airlines, the aviation security regulator, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), held a meeting with various airline CEOs to discuss ways ...

Apart from joining NATO, Ukraine’s only option would be nuclear weapons, Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the European Council earlier this week while discussing what needs to be done to protect the ...

A member of staff raised the alarm after an alleged bomb scare on the flight. An Australian Federal Police (AFP) spokesman confirmed officers at the airport responded to the incident about 4.50pm ...