Part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a 15-kiloton test fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds. 72 years ago the U.S. Army carried out its first and only nuclear ...

The US military's Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois announced that since 2022, the service has nearly quadrupled its monthly production of the 155mm M795 projectile artillery. The ongoing war in Ukraine ...

Officials are urging people to think carefully about what they take to the tip.

Hundreds are working 24/7 to keep the pipeline of ordnance flowing as Ukraine fights back against Russian invaders.

We've been following the journey of an artillery shell. Yesterday, we heard the sounds of a factory where Pennsylvania workers make ammunition for the war in Ukraine. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR ...

A major technological milestone in artillery warfare was unveiled at the Future Artillery Conference in London. Tiberius Aerospace, a UK-US defense firm founded in 2022, has publicly introduced the ...

General Atomics has effectively and cheaply transformed traditional artillery shells into guided missiles, vastly expanding the range and utility of modern cannons. When one thinks of “long-range ...

A Pennsylvania ammunition plant that makes a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has managed to boost production by 50% to meet surging demand, with more capacity set to come on line ...

GRANTSVILLE – A community in Grantsville was put on alert Sunday when a live World War II-era artillery shell was discovered on a family's property. The discovery was made around 5 p.m. at the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — An artillery shell discovered underground at a Salt Lake City rail yard prompted a bomb squad response Tuesday afternoon. The Utah National Guard said an excavator working at the Salt ...

72 years ago the U.S. Army carried out its first and only nuclear artillery test. The military actually made an atomic artillery shell, loaded it into a 280mm cannon and fired it. And it worked. Task ...