After the first Soviet nuclear detonation in 1949, Moscow pushed hard to create a more practical and efficient weapon. The ...
Nuclear weapons drastically changed warfare. Learn about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII the only ...
In 1948, Operation Sandstone tested new atomic bomb designs just before dawn, but the most haunting sight came after each detonation. Pilotless B-17 Flying Fortresses were sent directly into the ...