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. 72 years ago the U.S. Army carried out its first and only nuclear ...

Nicknamed Atomic Annie, the M65 was the largest artillery piece ever fielded by the U.S. Army and was capable of launching a ...

The H-bomb explosions in mid-Pacific last year were awesome proof of how big the atom can blow. The 14 test shots at Yucca Flat, Nev., programmed between Feb. 1 and this week, are equally sensational ...

How big is an atomic bomb? It took a B-29 to carry the first one, dropped on Hiroshima, which may have weighed more than 10,000 Ibs. The Army’s announcement last week that it will abandon its ...

Imagine driving down highway 95 in southwestern Arizona. It’s sunset, not quite twilight yet, but you can see that night is quickly approaching. You’ve just passed a sign saying, “Yuma Proving Ground.

72 years ago the U.S. Army carried out its first and only nuclear artillery test. The military actually made an atomic artillery shell, loaded it into a 280mm cannon and fired it. And it worked. Task ...