An atomic blast codenamed ESS was detonated on March 23, 1955, at the Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas. It was a different ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

After the first Soviet nuclear detonation in 1949, Moscow pushed hard to create a more practical and efficient weapon. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, ...

President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's ...

President Donald Trump Thursday sowed confusion among experts with his call for the start of nuclear weapons testing, with some pundits interpreting the announcement as US preparations for a shock ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright revealed the U.S. will not be testing nuclear explosions, putting to rest questions over whether the Trump administration would reverse a decades-old taboo. Testing will ...

What does Trump’s call for renewed nuclear testing mean for Nevada? President Donald Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing prompted quick condemnation from some Nevada congressional ...

Donald Trump’s command for the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing will not include explosive tests, for now, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Wright, whose agency oversees the ...

A senior U.S. official offered new details Tuesday night about an alleged nuclear bomb test conducted by China in June 2020. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw spoke at a Hudson Institute ...

North Korea warned this week that it might test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, after saying the country had already ...