The US Army fired a nuclear weapon from its atomic cannon for the first and last time 69 years ago. The cannon, initially named "Able Annie," was later renamed "Atomic Annie." During the May 25, 1953, ...

Nicknamed Atomic Annie, the M65 was the largest artillery piece ever fielded by the U.S. Army and was capable of launching a ...

In the 1950s, both NATO and Warsaw Pact doctrine focused on the employment of tactical nuclear weapons. Truly strategic nuclear weapons and the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD) were at ...

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 ...

FORT SILL, Okla.--The M65 Atomic Cannon "Atomic Annie" at Fort Sill since 1964 is moving. "Atomic Annie" moved Sept. 14 from the Cannon Walk at Geronimo and Randolph roads to a staging area here where ...

FORT LEE, Va. (Dec. 7, 2017) -- It could be called the "big gun sibling rivalry." Atomic Annie -- an 85-ton, 280mm nuclear-capable cannon -- was delivered here Nov. 29, joining its equally gargantuan ...