The "A" stands for "atomic," and was quickly adopted as a name for the earliest nuclear weapons. The A-Bomb wasn't just tested by the U.S., as it was infamously used twice against an enemy ...

In the last few weeks, there has been a series of irresponsible statements by Pakistani leaders, threatening India with nuclear bomb attacks. Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, inhumane and ...

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World’s first atomic bomb: J. Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York in 1904. He was the son of first-generation Jewish immigrants who came to America from Germany. By the age of 9, he had read ...

It was the day when the United States dropped "Little Boy", an atomic bomb, on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. Just 3 days after this incident, the US again dropped another nuclear bomb on ...

In future conflicts, Nuclear power reactors could make attractive military targets. Targeting them could derail alliances and ...

The nuclear car made bold promises of ultra-long ranges and sustainability, but the sci-fi concepts are still decades - if ...

But he still has a historic opportunity to reach a deal - one that could guarantee Iran never obtains a nuclear bomb, and pave the way for improved relations between Washington and Tehran.

He was on his way back to the office when the first atomic bomb ever used in combat, dubbed "Little Boy," detonated just two miles away. While 160,000 people died from the bomb, he survived but ...

The first metal has been cut for the seventh nuclear-powered icebreaker in Russia's Project 22220 series. The Stalingrad is ...