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Plaque on the obelisk that marks ground zero at the Trinity Site
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...

Louis Slotin (left) and Herbert Lehr with the Gadget bomb, July 13, 1945. (Los Alamos National Laboratory photo)
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.

At Alamagordo, N.M., a Manhattan Project team assembles "Jumbo" or "Big Brother" prior to its detonation on July 16, 1945.
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...

Retiring General to Lawmakers: Keep the Nuclear Triad
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Former US General Calls for Pre-emptive Strike on North Korea
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Protesters in Seoul stage a rally Feb. 1 opposing the possible US deployment in South Korea of the THAAD missile defense system. (AP photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, pose before resuming talks over Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16, 2015. Brian Snyder/AP
Iran Ramps Up Sea Power While Negotiating Nukes With West

While the U.S. haggles with Iran over nuclear weapons, the Islamic Republic is aggressively building up a navy -- a move that...

Two North Korean missiles, reportedly KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), are paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade on April 15 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
North Korea Rolls Out Missiles at Annual Parade

The parade came amid growing concerns that North Korea may be preparing for its sixth nuclear test or a major missile launch.

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