You may have never heard of the National Nuclear Security Administration, but its work is crucial to your safety—and to that of every other human being on the planet. If Elon Musk’s Department of ...

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prepares to meet with President Trump, the question of whether to strike ...

The Chinese government has claimed that it has been "forced" to develop nuclear weapons as a United States official issued a warning about China's weapons of mass destruction program. Newsweek has ...

said the U.S. cannot build more nuclear weapons than Russia and China (and its "gigantic economy") in the decades to come, despite an ongoing $1.7 trillion nuclear arsenal modernization plan.

On the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the cities' hibakusha demanded that Japan sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

the tech will be "focused on reducing the risk of nuclear war and securing nuclear materials and weapons worldwide," as quoted by CNBC. If any alarm bells are ringing by this point, you're not alone.

The U.S. hasn't tested a nuclear weapon in decades, and since the 1990s has used simulations and experiments to verify they're working properly. NPR was granted a rare look at how they do it.

The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use ...

Even more worrisome is the failure of the current and previous administrations to work for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The U.S. possesses nearly half of the 12,000 nuclear warheads in the world.

Where are we in terms of nuclear deterrence in France? General Stéphane Virem, commander of the Strategic Air Forces (FAS), answers the question. In an interview with the magazine Air et Cosmos, ...

making it the most versatile and usable nuclear weapon in America’s arsenal. The 12-foot B61-12 bomb carries a 50-kiloton warhead — the equivalent of 50,000 tons of TNT — and features a ...

Chinese researchers have allegedly developed a new high-power microwave (HPM) weapon with power equivalent to electromagnetic energy released by a nuclear explosion. Reportedly also relatively ...