What makes the B61-12 particularly impressive is the bomb’s ability to adjust its destructive yield depending on the ...

At 0530, 16 July 1945, in a remote section of the Alamogordo Air Base, New Mexico, the first full-scale test was made of the implosion type atomic fission bomb ... from the site -- he overheard ...

Oscar-nominated 'Oppenheimer' suggests that the New Mexico test site for the atomic bomb was deserted before scientists arrived there. But a documentary called 'First We Bombed New Mexico' sheds ...

The renowned physicist had spent years at the very heart of Britain and the United States’ nuclear programmes.

The path to resurgent fears of nuclear war began in 1945, with the first nuclear test blast at the Trinity test site in New ...

Farmington police say a bomb threat at Gold Star Academy was a hoax. According to officials, no device was found after sweeps of the facility.

"Gadget," the first atomic bomb — a 6-foot sphere with a grapefruit ... and was detonated in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Overseeing the project was US Brig. Gen.