The WC-135R atmospheric collection aircraft fleet routinely conducts air-sampling missions globally, including over the Far ...

What makes the B61-12 particularly impressive is the bomb’s ability to adjust its destructive yield depending on the ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers that Pyongyang may be preparing to conduct its seventh nuclear ...

A minute-by-minute guide on how to survive a nuclear bomb attack, and ways to be prepared for war.

Early on September 22, 1979, satellites picked up an exceedingly bright double flash in the South Atlantic that has never ...

Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration amid a major effort to upgrade America’s ...

The Trump administration’s recent isolationist statements, amid the talks of war in Europe, have revived discussions on Europeanizing French (and possibly British) nuclear weapons. After 75 ...

According to the U.S. Air Force, the bomb didn’t contain the plutonium core necessary for a nuclear detonation. This was the first loss of a nuclear weapon in history. On April 11, 1950 ...

Just a few months after the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, it began trying to abolish these horrifying new weapons. In 1946, the U.S. government proposed ...

The nations don’t need nuclear weapons to deter adversaries from a nuclear attack, according to the policy, because the United States guarantees to strike back on its allies’ behalf.

Despite its dreamy, hypnotic effect, however, the work has its roots in the terrifying reality of a nuclear bomb. Its creator, artist James Stanford, grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, near where more ...

Last week, Trump said the letter proposed talks on a deal that would prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and avert possible military action. Although Khamenei said he had not seen the letter ...