The U.S. Government Just Declassified Cold War-Era Docs About DIY Nukes
During the 1960s, the feds asked fresh-out-of-school physicists to try to build a nuke with no prior knowledge.
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No need for more nukes
US President Donald Trump urges nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China, saying that the world has more than enough ...
The Cold War nuclear test that turned the sky crimson
The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.
East Tennessee leads in U.S. effort to revive Cold War uranium capabilities
The U.S. government wants to select "disparate" locations where it could eventually make bomb-grade uranium again.
Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit offices of loans, nuclear security, sources say
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, ...
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Step inside the secret lab where America tests its nukes
In the 1950s, nuclear weapons were regularly detonated aboveground to see what the effects would be on people and buildings Nuclear testing seems like a Cold War relic, but there are signs the world's ...
Trump wants Russia, China to stop making nuclear weapons, so all can cut defence spending by half
There’s no reason for us to be building brand new nuclear weapons, we already have so many,” he said. “You could destroy the ...
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Radioactive Dust From The Cold War Still Blows Around Europe
In 2022, samples from a Sahara dust storm showed that radioactivity from nuclear tests 70 years ago still drifts around ...