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

Nuclear weapons represent the pinnacle of military danger, capable of instantly wiping out millions and reducing cities to dust. While the term "atomic bomb" often refers to a basic fission device, ...

Nuclear weapons have come a long way and come in all types of different sizes. Some are relatively small while others are ...

Japan doesn’t seem likely to develop nuclear weapons in the short-term. However, the tensions that triggered this episode are ...

Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with ...

A nuclear terrorist does not match the profile of a suicide bomber or spree gunman. It’s not someone building a nuclear weapon in a cave from a box of scraps. A nuclear terrorist, rather, could be ...

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The United States and South Korea face increasingly dangerous threats in China ...

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The global security environment is deteriorating as America’s adversaries are ...

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

It was 80 years ago on July 16 when a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert. Only a few people knew about it at the time, but the United States just ...

A group of people stand behind lit candles arranged to read “Ban Nukes!” at the Peace Memorial Park, in Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 11, 2010 (Kyodo photo via AP Images). When the Nobel Prize Committee ...