As the conflict between the US-Israel and Iran escalates, nine countries possess an estimated 12,300 nuclear warheads ...

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.

It is also possible that a third, dangerous lesson will be learned from this war: that nuclear weapons are valuable or even indispensable to the national security of non-superpower states. Ukraine, ...

As tensions in the Middle East between the US-Israel alliance and Iran escalate with each passing day, the genuine possibility of nuclear conflict weighs heavily on global consciousness. Multiple ...

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 ...

Some of the most powerful weapons ever developed by the United States were designed to dominate the battlefield, but in doing ...

She is currently co-chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia. Israel’s avowed goal in ...

Most accounts of the Manhattan Project tell a familiar story: American scientists relentlessly racing to design and build the fission bombs that would ultimately fall on Japan. A neglected chapter of ...

For nearly eighty years, the world has lived under the shadow of a single terrifying idea: the nuclear bomb.It was the weapon ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...