Next month it will have been 80 years since the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by nuclear attacks. More than 200,000 people – mostly citizens – would die by the year's end ...

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On the morning of Nov. 1, 1951, within the confines of Area 7 at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division dug foxholes and positioned weapon systems in ...

Flashing red-orange flames pulsating against billowing black smoke. A landscape of homes reduced to ash and twisted rubble. Vehicles transfigured into grotesque sculptures scattered across streets.

Summary and Key Points: In July 1946, the U.S. conducted Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll to study the effects of nuclear weapons. Two tests, Able and Baker, involved detonating atomic bombs near ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – Scientists from Walter Reed Army Institute of Research recently shared the results of their latest research into the effects of blast exposure on brain health with leading ...