At the military’s Nevada Test Site, 65 miles north of Las Vegas, dozens of nuclear tests were conducted underground each year between 1963 and 1992, according to the Department of Defense.

The Air Force recently conducted testing of a new variation of its ship-killing Quicksink guided bomb in an effort to expand its options for taking out enemy vessels in a future war. In a June 4 ...

The Navy placed live animals -- roughly 5,000 rats, 204 goats, 60 guinea pigs, 200 pigs, 200 mice, and various insects -- aboard the target ships to test organic matter. A Boeing B-29 ...

Utah’s agreement with nuclear startup allows for more than just a test reactor. Here’s what it says. Utah and nuclear company Valar Atomics “will be conducting research to verify the safety ...

While submarines are the most common nuclear-powered ships, the first surface vessel powered by a reactor was the Lenin, an icebreaker commissioned in 1959. It's easy to guess what icebreakers are ...

Australia hopes to become the seventh by buying three nuclear submarines for its Royal Navy sometime in the 2030s. To date, over 160 ships are powered by nuclear propulsion.