These kinds of drills emerged in the 1970s as a way to train for the unthinkable. The U.S. was experiencing a rash of nuclear ...

The US Department of Defense said it would complete a new nuclear attack scenario in order to prepare the country against any attempt to unleash nuclear weapons on North America ...

If the bomb detonated at or near ground level, a towering mushroom cloud would form, sucking up soil, steel, concrete, and ...

A breakthrough new therapy has enabled mice to survive exposure to acute radiation, according to a new study that may lead to safer cancer treatment and save lives in the event of a nuclear war.

While the exercise took place from January 26 to 31, the DOD only shared the update this week and within hours of China ...

With the mushroom cloud becoming a defining symbol of the atomic bomb, Mahoney was transformed ... a series of 29 nuclear tests conducted by the US military. “We have 7.5 million images in ...

The end of the Second World War heralded the Atomic Era, where testing and concerns about nuclear weapons spread worldwide.