Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons and we have just seen the start of a new war in the Middle East over one more nation supposedly trying to acquire them. While we consider the dangers of such ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

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

Nuclear weapons are often discussed in abstractions, as if they were just another line item in a defense budget or a bargaining chip in diplomacy. The brutal truth is that they are engineered ...

Demonstrators hold a mass meeting at Swaffham, Norfolk, England on Dec. 6, 1958, in protest against the setting up of missile bases in Britain. The banner appearing above crowd reads, people of every ...

President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's ...

A website that lets users simulate a nuclear attack has seen an uptick in users amid the ongoing war with Iran.

It goes back far enough that militaries have developed weapons intended to overwhelm enemies and shift the balance of power on the battlefield.

Potential U.S. adversaries worldwide are using intentionally hardened facilities to conceal and protect their leaders, military and industrial personnel, weapons, equipment, and other assets and ...