TOMORROW, 80 YEARS SINCE THE WORLD’S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS DETONATED IN NEW MEXICO. CONSIDERED INSTRUMENTAL IN THE EFFORTS TO END WORLD WAR TWO, THE TRINITY TEST DEVASTATED LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
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President Donald Trump instructed the Defense Department to “immediately begin” nuclear weapons testing last week. And that ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min A former atomic bomb shelter in ...
On July 16, 1945, an enormous column of smoke rose up to 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) high above a remote part of the Jornada Del Muerto Desert, New Mexico, preceded by a tremendous flash that lit up ...
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — Visitors lined up Saturday to tour the southern New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in what officials believe could be a record turnout ...
Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Wesley Burris remembers waking to a morning of potent, white light and panic as the planet’s first atomic bomb ...
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wednesday marked 80 years since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima instantly killing tens of thousands of people and more in time from the lasting impact. New ...