In 1962, the United States detonated a nuclear weapon in space during a Cold War experiment called Starfish Prime. The blast ...

The first reports were met with disbelief. A single bomb with the explosive force to level a city; a bomb, detonated with such intensity it burned as bright as — maybe, even brighter than — the sun.

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...

Aug. 6 (UPI) --Eighty years ago today, the first of two atom bombs was used in anger. Hiroshima was vaporized. But one plane, one bomb, destroying a city was inconceivable. The Japanese now could ...