The United States is preparing to mine a rare nuclear resource from some of its most dangerous Cold War legacies, turning ...
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to make available about 20 metric tons of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to U.S. power companies as a potential ...
America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...
TASS FACTBOX. On October 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that he had instructed the Department of War to begin nuclear weapons testing because "other countries are doing the same," ...
Nuclear weapons represent the pinnacle of military danger, capable of instantly wiping out millions and reducing cities to dust. While the term "atomic bomb" often refers to a basic fission device, ...