The previous chapters present the results of the work carried out to address the committee’s charge, including a literature review, calculations, and analysis of information presented by many experts.

On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by ...

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember ...

Nuclear bomb effects computer in pocket. Also issued online. NASM copy: Circular computer lacking. MSRL copy "Changes as of Feb. 1964" inserted. 1. General principles of nuclear explosions -- 2.

At the outset of the Cold War and the dawn of the era of nuclear competition, the United States and the Soviet Union worked quickly to develop large stockpiles of weapons and to demonstrate the power ...

Multiple people took to social media to report the unknown blast.

Whilst calculating the precise likelihood of nuclear war remains complicated and unpredictable, rising global tensions have heightened that danger. Although numerous countries are working together to ...

Editor’s Note: This article contains potentially triggering material, including discussions of war, health effects of atomic bombs, child death and more. In August 1945, the United States dropped ...

On Nov. 13, 1972, Terry Christensen was working in his office at Dixon Inc. on Orchard Mesa when he, like others, “felt the tremor.” He added. “We went out and saw the smoke. We saw a mushroom cloud, ...

This specialized slide rule was included in the back of a book "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons," to illustrate to specialists and interested lay members of the public what kind of destruction could be ...

Rising Military Tensions Between India and Pakistan The recent escalation of military tensions between India and Pakistan has ...