A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's ...

The general rule with nuclear countries is that they are rational, namely that they realize that their use of nuclear weapons of any kind may escalate into mutually-assured destruction. But what ...

Scientists are still concerned that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon in the future One of the solutions suggested is nuking the asteroid to save the moon Scientists say the plan to use nuclear ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top South Korean official said Thursday that North Korea is operating a total of four uranium enrichment facilities, adding to outside assessments that it has multiple ...

A top South Korean official said Thursday that North Korea is operating a total of four uranium enrichment facilities, adding to outside assessments that it has multiple covert atomic plants along ...

The pause in Israel’s war on Iran provides an opportunity to reflect on the role of the United States in what is essentially the protection of Israel’s monopoly on nuclear weapons in the Middle East.

In 1961, the Soviet Union dropped the largest nuclear bomb in history — so powerful it could shatter windows nearly 500 miles away. Here’s the incredible story of Tsar Bomba, the ultimate weapon that ...

The United States, South Korea and Japan began joint exercises on Monday. LONDON -- North Korean officials on Monday said the country's status as nuclear state "has become irreversible," despite ...

In the 80 years since World War II, which ended with the use of two atomic bombs, the world has maintained a tenuous relationship with nuclear weapons. Philip Potter, professor of public policy at the ...

WASHINGTON − The agency responsible for building, maintaining, and storing America's nuclear weapons faces an internal review of its costly effort to reestablish mass production of nuclear warhead ...

China dismissed President Donald Trump's push for Beijing to join nuclear disarmament talks with the U.S. and Russia, calling it "neither reasonable nor realistic" and noting that its arsenal is much ...

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember ...