A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and sending the bombs ...
"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...
The U.S. is reportedly set to transfer the powerful 11-ton "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB) to Israel, marking a major shift in ...
Ken Jones, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, shares what it was like flying with nuclear bombs aboard his plane during the ...
"The new B61-12 gravity bombs are fully forward deployed," said Jill Hruby, administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
The B61 bomb’s reported yield will be adjustable to between 0.3 and 50 kilotons. A kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Although not possessing the long-distance standoff capacity of either ...
A plane crash released two nuclear bombs over North Carolina in 1961 ... remembered as “one of the closest near-disasters” of the Cold War. Billy Reeves told National Geographic he was ...