A single nuclear bomb dropped on a city can kill millions. If many such bombs were used, they could change the world's ...

Experts have warned the U. S. could be on the brink of a nuclear war after decades of simmering tension with Russia have ...

We asked Professor Paul Bracken, an expert in nuclear strategy, what’s behind the posturing and what test explosions would mean for the world.

Test of Minuteman‑III raises alarms about US arsenal’s vast ‘overkill’ capacity, not a single missile’s power.

The New START treaty limited both the U.S. and Russia to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 800 deployed and non-deployed launchers. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a voluntary ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.

North Korea is one potential villain in a fictional movie about nuclear war on Netflix, Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite.” It is a “Rashomon”-style thriller about the concept of mutually assured ...

The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile will take flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...

The Church bell of Urakami Cathedral in Japan’s Nagasaki, destroyed by the US atomic bomb, has been reinstalled and will ring on the 80th anniversary of the tragedy, says a top Catholic leader. “The ...