Dozens of nuclear tests were carried out by the US in the Pacific between 1946 and 1958. The largest of these was the detonation of the Castle Bravo device on March 1, 1954. It was 1,000 times more ...

Later this month I will return to Japan for the annual Bikini commemoration and the Gensuikyō, or Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, annual conference. There won’t be a bikini fashion ...

The Operation Castle group of tests sought to validate dropping new, high-yield thermonuclear weapons from the air. However, the technology involved in making the bombs was complex and unproven, so ...

There are few places more peaceful than a Pacific island. At 6:45 on a March morning in 1954, that peace was shattered by the largest nuclear test in American history: Operation Bravo. The Bravo test ...

There has been talk in the national security community lately about the so-called “merits” of resuming underground or even atmospheric nuclear weapons tests. I think this would be a grave mistake for ...

The Bomb represents the ultimate expression of might, so the biggest bombs express that power to its extremes. The United States and the Soviet Union built bigger and bigger bombs to deter each other.

There is more to know about Strauss’s role in the devastating aftermath of the Castle Bravo test in 1954. Ad Policy Robert Downey Jr. poses with his award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a ...