On February 5, a treaty capping the numbers of deployed Russian and US nuclear warheads will expire, marking the first time ...
Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.
The U.S. government has warned that China’s accelerating buildup of nuclear weapons has reached a level that poses a direct ...
During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...
A Princeton University simulation shows how a single low-yield nuclear weapon could rapidly spiral into a full-scale ...
Even at the height of their Cold War nuclear rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union thrashed out a series of ...
U.S. nuclear strategy revolves around the idea of the “triad.” Each of the military’s methods for delivering a nuclear strike represents a leg – the air leg (bomber planes), the sea leg (missile ...
Satellite images suggest China is growing the sites where it makes warheads, while also preparing to retaliate faster — signs ...
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, nuclear arsenals are growing, and the weapons themselves are becoming more ...
On the Wednesday, January 7, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: “The Nuclear Sponge” is a five-part project by USA TODAY ...
Vladimir Putin has fueled 'doomsday' fears as he touts unstoppable nuclear torpedo that could 'swallow everything.' ...