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A hydrogen bomb—the type North Korea claims it tested—is many magnitudes more powerful than an atomic bomb, which was the type dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, killing 70,000.

Joel Wit, a U.S. expert with over 20 years of nonproliferation experience, discusses North Korea's recent nuclear test.

To be H-Bomb eligible, the point spread must be 6.5 points or more. Jess picked the Broncos to cover against the Chiefs and my pick was the Panthers to cover against the Giants.

Also called a fusion bomb, hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, a thermonuclear weapon is a second-generation nuclear weapon design that is vastly superior to the first-generation atomic bombs. In fact ...

One prime reason is that leaders of the U.S. armed forces have been so closemouthed about the explosion of the experimental H-bomb last November at Eniwetok that nobody really knows what ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Skies were clear, and the modified U-2Gs preformed well, snapping photos of the French test site without being detected. They snapped ...

The world’s largest atomic bomb was exploded by the Russians north of the Arctic Circle in 1961. It was equivalent to 2,500 Hiroshima A-bombs. The fireball was 5 miles in diameter and could ...

For almost seven decades, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, Nihon Hidankyo, has been a consistent ― and persistent ― voice for the survivors of the atomic bombs ...