Nuclear Weapons

Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear program are sweeping but can they decimate it?

Israel's sweeping attack across Iran struck at the heart of Tehran's nuclear program, delivering a blow to the country's ability to enrich uranium and potentially setting its nuclear ambitio...

DATE: Jun 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Official: Sandia National Laboratories sees surge in hiring

ALBUQUERQUE – A top official with Sandia National Laboratories says the Albuquerque-based weapons research and development facility expects to hire 1,900 new employees this year. ...

DATE: May 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Former nuclear weapons site opens to public

DENVER – The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it will go ahead with plans to open a wildlife refuge at the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado, after briefly putting the o...

DATE: Sep 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Peace laureate urges world to ‘see the light’ and ban nukes

MOSCOW (AP) – A survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima compared her struggle to survive in 1945 to the objectives of the group awarded this year’s Nobel’s Peace Prize during a formal pr...

DATE: Dec 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

CIA head: N. Korea months from perfecting nuclear capabilities

WASHINGTON – CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Thursday that North Korea is months away from perfecting its nuclear weapons capabilities. “They are close enough now in their capabilit...

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump raises stakes in escalating North Koreans nuke crisis

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump raised the stakes Sunday in an escalating crisis over North Korea’s nuclear threats, suggesting drastic economic measures against China and criticizing al...

DATE: Sep 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea: New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Monday the missile it launched over the weekend was a new type of “medium long-range” ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. A jubilan...

DATE: May 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

High-level meeting urges nuke test ban treaty ratification

VIENNA – A senior American official on Monday reaffirmed White House support for a treaty banning nuclear testing worldwide and urged other countries to move it toward its long-delayed enact...

DATE: Jun 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fourteen at nuke base probed for illegal drug activity

Base in Wyoming houses 90th Missile Wing

DATE: Mar 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Koreas stand off after nuke test by North

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea trumpets a hydrogen bomb test. South Korea responds by cranking up blasts of harsh propaganda from giant green speakers aimed across the world’s most dangero...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In northern N.M., Los Alamos faces an uncertain future

Possible change in nuke lab contract could affect taxes, jobs and economic security

DATE: Dec 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Los Alamos marks opening of Manhattan Project park

Associated Press LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Residents of a once secret government city in northern New Mexico are marking the beginnings of the Manhattan Project National Historical Par...

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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