Eighty years ago, a weapon was used which would transform modern warfare and the entire world forever. Hiroshima, in Japan, was the target of the first ever nuclear weapon, dropped by the US Air Force ...

Nuclear weapons represent the pinnacle of military danger, capable of instantly wiping out millions and reducing cities to dust. While the term "atomic bomb" often refers to a basic fission device, ...

Iran could create a nuclear bomb more powerful than the ones dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a nuclear expert warned — and it could be ready in just six months to a year. Recent U.S. intelligence ...

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe. By William J. Broad President ...

Japan and the world commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, inaugurating a new era of human history. At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber known as the ...

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...