At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexican desert. It was bright, hot, and loud. Scientists and military personnel crouched nearby in ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Transported in the backseat of a blacked-out Plymouth sedan was the culmination of years of feverish work — a hefty plutonium core that would soon be used to trigger the world’s ...

I was 13 years old on Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. We lived less than two miles from ground zero, but by some miracle, I survived. The glass door ...

While the significance of testing nuclear weapons dwindled over 60 years ago, the terrifying circumstances that brought that ...

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Danny Kemp with Sebastian Smith in Washington AFP Oct 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2025 President Donald Trump reiterated Friday that he wants testing of US nuclear weapons, but again failed to clarify whether he ...