The Trinity Test Site Is Open One More Time This Year. You Might Not Get In. White Sands Missile Range, where the U.S. detonated the world's first nuclear weapon known as "the Gadget" on July 16, 1945...
How a Scientist's Atomic Demonstration Turned Deadly at Los Alamos On May 21, 1946, Dr. Louis Slotin suffered a fatal dose of radiation during an accident involving a nuclear bomb.
How the Manhattan Project Gained Momentum in Building the Atomic Bomb The atomic age formally began at exactly 5:30 a.m. (Mountain time) on July 16, 1945. At that moment, the Manhattan Project...
US, South Korea to Discuss Deployment of Missile Defense System Seoul and Washington have agreed to begin talks about deploying the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.
Discipline in Nuke Cheating Scandal Coming Soon The U.S. Air Force will soon release the results of an investigation into officers cheating on nuclear proficiency tests, the...
Ex-NATO Chief Leads Push by Retired Military Brass to Kill Iran Deal Nearly 200 retired military leaders have signed a letter to the House and Senate leaders urging them to kill the Iran nuclear...
Trump Orders VA to Build Homeless Veterans Center on West LA Campus The future of a 388-acre campus in Los Angeles that was donated more than a century ago to house disabled veterans has been...
Navy Subs, Nuclear Secrets and Beer: The Riveting History of Bay Area’s Mare Island Mare Island supported the Navy during both world wars and helped spy efforts during the Cold War by using nuclear submarines...
Fort Carson Soldier One of 1,000 Leaving After Transgender Ban Temporarily Upheld Fort Carson Sgt. Mason Benavides is leaving an Army that no longer wants him.
Trump Wants to Attack Drug Cartels. How Can Mexico Respond if He Does? Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum may soon face her most challenging test -- and her response could define bilateral...
Rattlesnake Wranglers Help Conserve Michigan’s Only Venomous Snake at Military Base Each spring, dozens of conservation researchers and volunteers descend on the Michigan Army National Guard base in northern...
![At Alamagordo, N.M., a Manhattan Project team assembles "Jumbo" or "Big Brother" prior to its detonation on July 16, 1945.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/cold-war/2017/02/jumbo-nuclear-bomb.jpg?itok=-uzptGc8 "At Alamagordo, N.M., a Manhattan Project team assembles "Jumbo" or "Big Brother" prior to its detonation on July 16, 1945. This detonation marked the first controlled atomic explosion and began the atomic age. (Los Alamos National Laboratory photo)")
