The New START treaty, which limits nuclear weapons, is due to expire in February.

Between the Ukraine War and Operation Midnight Hammer, nuclear deterrence once again proved itself to be the defining issue ...

The United States is to resume nuclear weapons testing “immediately”, Donald Trump has announced, raising fears of renewed proliferation between the world’s two biggest stockpiles of atomic weaponry.

The death of the last treaty between Russia and the U.S. that limited the size of nuclear arsenals may spark a new arms race, ...

Great power competition gives the United States all the more reason to invest in international cooperative frameworks for ...

At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a ...

MOSCOW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday said it was still awaiting a formal answer from Washington on President Vladimir Putin's proposal to jointly stick to the last remaining Russian-U.S.

Donald Trump’s command for the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing will not include explosive tests, for now, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Wright, whose agency oversees the ...

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a strike.

For better or for worse, strategic nuclear weapons are back on the docket. Given that the Cold War ended 35 years ago, most Americans have little understanding of or interest in these weapons that ...