During the Trinity Test, scientists were so unsure about the bomb’s actual yield that estimates ... closest to the 20-kiloton explosion. Oppenheimer famously guessed 0.3 kilotons, which showed ...

The lab designing the warhead says it is accelerating the timeline to respond ‘to a critical challenge and urgent need.’ ...

And a version with a 50 kiloton yield could take out an entire ... The latest program extended the service life of the gravity bomb by at least 20 years, meaning that it will not need another ...

The 31-kiloton bomb, nicknamed the "Big Shot" by the press and "Charlie" by the Atomic Energy Commission, was enormous when compared to the 13-kiloton and 20-kiloton bombs that the United States ...