The American-made B-29 Stratofortress, designed to replace the B-17 and B-24, revolutionized aerial warfare with its long-range capabilities, pressurized cabins, and heavy payload. Known for dropping ...

U2 are revisiting 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" on the outtakes collection 'How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb,' and ...

At approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped ...

New nuclear-capable planes and upgrades to old equipment are coming. Will they deter warfare or lead to an arms race?

On 6 August 1945 at 08:15 Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber plane named Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Short of leasing an American strategic bomber and providing nationality to the pilots and maintenance crew, no option would be operationally ready within months if not years.

Teaching peace is incredibly important — but we can’t say “never again” and be forward-looking without looking back. Last ...

Editor’s note: On Oct. 16, 2024, about 100 Tri-Cities area leaders and people who worked to preserve Hanford’s historic B Reactor as ... of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, likens the event ...

Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo, pledged on Tuesday to continue recounting the horrors of a nuclear attack for the rest of his days. "I will let everybody ...

Three days later, another B-29 named Bock’s Car would level Nagasaki with “Fat ... McCue can still recite the headline verbatim: “USA drops atomic bomb on Japan.” The banner was followed by a headline ...