The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy ...

Eighty years ago, a weapon was used which would transform modern warfare and the entire world forever. Hiroshima, in Japan, was the target of the first ever nuclear weapon, dropped by the US Air Force ...

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The United States openly tracks thousands of nuclear warheads, yet a small number have slipped permanently out of reach. Yes, ...

The First Quebec Conference, 1943: (clockwise from top left) Mr Mackenzie King, Winston Churchill, Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone, and President Roosevelt - Bettmann Manhattan, Mayson, Maud. One ...

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the ...

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Tick. Tick. Tick. Eighty years ago this month, the doomsday clock jolted to life. Nothing was the same after Aug. 6, 1945. On that date, the first of two American atomic bombs went off in Hiroshima, ...

As Sri Lanka embarks on the development of its nuclear power programme, the country is making progress in establishing the necessary nuclear infrastructure, according to an International Atomic Energy ...

The World Bank Group and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sealed an agreement today to work together to support the safe, secure and responsible use of nuclear energy in developing ...