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.
Hagel Looks At Pay Raises for Missile Officers Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been considering pay raises and other incentives to boost the flagging morale of young...
Republicans Call Iran Nuclear Agreement a Bad Deal for US Obama is preparing to defend the Iran nuclear deal from a group of Republican lawmakers who questioned the historic deal.
Air Force Commander of Nuclear Missile Maintenance at Malmstrom Fired After Investigation Col. Jeremy Russell, the commander of Malmstrom's 341st Maintenance Group, was removed from his role "due to a loss of trust...
Trump Won. Here's What That Could Mean for the Military. Trump's election victory means he will have the opportunity to enact plans to use the military against what he calls domestic...
Tricare Costs Are Going Up Again in 2025 Military and retiree households will pay more for Tricare in 2025, with most increases in the 2% to 3% range.
Army Recruiters in Miami Will Pass Off Paperwork Duties as Service Tests New Strategy to Boost Enlistment The Army is set to launch a pilot program in January at two recruiting stations in the Miami area designed to cut through the...
The Trump Cabinet: Who Will Be VA Secretary? During his first term, President Donald Trump made a number of surprise decisions on who would lead the Department of...