Eighty years after the first atomic weapons tests at Los Alamos, humanity has yet to fully reckon with the power of mass annihilation. A photograph of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, ...
Three observation bunkers were established 10,000 yards from ground zero for the Trinity Site Test. Key leaders, including Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, observed from ...
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of a plutonium device known as "the Gadget" in the Southern New Mexico desert. The test, which sent a giant mushroom cloud ...
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (August 30, 2024) – Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) hosted leadership from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), along with National Nuclear Security ...