The W88, estimated to yield 455 kilotons of TNT explosives, is one of the most powerful nuclear warheads in the U.S. arsenal, and is carried on Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles ...

The simmering conflict between Iran and Israel has sparked fears of a potential global war, with concerns mounting over the prospect of World War III. Here's what to do if a nuclear bomb hits ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably ...

Federal investigators say 24,000–28,000 pounds of explosives detonated at Tennessee’s AES plant, killing16 workers in one of ...

When a nuclear bomb detonates, the devastation is immediate and terrifying. But outside the area of total destruction, the dangers don’t vanish—they change. In buildings that remain standing beyond ...

President Donald Trump announced he is ordering the U.S. to resume nuclear testing, leaving experts wondering what this would entail and how it would be implemented.

The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site simulation explosion weeks earlier on May 7, 1945. The ...

Trump said the U.S. will test nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. None of the three countries has ...

Trump's statement about nuclear testing came about 100 days before the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its ...