The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...

The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon in the history of humankind, the Tsar Bomba, on October 30, 1961.

A former missile launch officer describes having his finger on the nuclear button ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably ...