A research team is using astrophysical explosions to understand the mysterious forces at work in some of the smallest ...

Last year, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) concluded that both Russia and China are increasingly dependent on nuclear weapons to achieve their national interests. Combined, they are projected to ...

Three of the four states surrounding Kansas are home to military installations on a list of potential nuclear missile targets.

Canadians are openly discussing the merits and risks of pursuing a nuclear weapon. Europeans are similarly considering a ...

The largest and most destructive nuclear weapons always grab the headlines. Week after week, news items emerge concerning China’s rapid buildup of intercontinental-range nuclear missiles and Russia’s ...

Back in the 1930s, physicists were doing experiments involving what they called "beta decay." They observed that an element would suddenly spit out a fast-moving electron, and once it was done, it ...

L’ILE LONGUE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that France will increase its nuclear arsenal and, for the first time, allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed ...

For the first time in more than half a century, there are no binding restraints on the buildup of the largest nuclear forces on Earth. The New START treaty expired on Feb. 5, 2026, ending the last ...

There are still strong incentives to negotiate reductions in nuclear arsenals between the United States, Russia, and China. The expiration of the New START agreement this month is a critical and ...

On Feb. 5, New START, the last treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arms, will expire — a dark milestone. But President Trump has an opportunity to put off such a nuclear competition and ...

"The current questioning of nuclear deterrence implies something other than its withering away. There is no post-nuclear strategy. . . .[T]he nuclear instrument remains the central element in the ...