In the 1950s the military tried several new atomic weapons, including firing a nuclear warhead from a 280mm artillery piece. The test worked.

The operation was a series of military preparedness tests centered around the use and effects of tactical nuclear weapons. Shot Grable, actually tenth in the series, was the codename of the atomic ...

Israel's best chance at destroying the facility at Fordo could lie with a U.S.-produced bomb that's so heavy that it can only ...

The development of a nuclear bomb that would be 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II is "significantly ahead of schedule," according to U.S ...

Part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a 15-kiloton test fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds. 33,714 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve ...