Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

How much will it cost to modernize the land leg of America’s nuclear arsenal?

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

Germany stores about 20 US nuclear weapons as part of Washington's security pledge to Europe, but doubts over President Donald Trump's commitment to NATO have raised questions about the arrangement's ...

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A recent article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs makes the case for nuclear proliferation among America’s allies. Not only are its arguments unsound, but they also understate the ...

After the New START treaty expires in February, there will be no cap on the number of US and Russian nuclear weapons - but ...