The Soviet Union built the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, but just before its test, engineers deliberately reduced its explosive power by half. This video explains why the bomb was never ...

The sponge metaphor first emerged in 1978 when the Air Force’s top general announced a new plan to base cutting-edge nuclear missiles in the Southwest. The “Missile, Experimental,” or MX, a powerful ...

Imagine if you will, a low-cost, small weapons system. It could fly stealthily into enemy territory, not being mistaken for a bomber or any kind of missile. And then it could detonate a nuclear weapon ...

Not to be confused with movies about Fox News or Hedy Lamarr, “Bombshell” isn’t just a film about the atomic bomb either. Or the Manhattan Project. Or the spin U.S. authorities tried to put on the ...