Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into ...

At the outset of the Cold War era, the United States and the Soviet Union rapidly built up large nuclear arsenals as part of the prevailing doctrine of deterrence, under which each nation attempted to ...

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Ending of New Start treaty will remove mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals ...

For the first time in over 50 years, there are no nuclear arms controls in place between the world’s two largest nuclear powers, the US and Russia.

There is a growing threat of Putin using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. Admiral James Stavridis on how the West should respond ...

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the potential environmental, social, and economic effects that could unfold over the ...