States may be tempted to pursue their own nuclear weapons as they seek deterrence against attacks amid uncertainty over US guarantees.

Trump says his goal is to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb. But experts say the result might be lots more nukes across ...

Conducting military strikes against a nation that is engaged in negotiations to reduce its nuclear capacity has set a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The nuclear non-proliferation regime is a global framework of norms, practices, and diplomatic agreements — underpinned by ...

For better or worse, the U.S. nuclear arsenal is currently having a moment. First, "A House of Dynamite" became an instant No. 1 hit for Netflix shortly after its global streaming debut in October.

President Donald Trump has claimed that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was "a road to a nuclear weapon" and the country "would be ...

With doomsday nuclear weapons the last remnant of Russia's superpower status, President Vladimir Putin is stepping up threats to use them against Western powers aiding Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander ...

Just minutes before he was scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping of China, the president threatened on social media to resume nuclear testing “on an equal basis” with other countries. By David E.