nuclear weapons

The threat of nuclear conflict has been elevated in recent months as the war in Ukraine continues. One former U.S. security advisor is speaking out about the potential ramifications of nuclear weapons. What Happened: With Elon Musk and others sounding the alarm that a nuclear war could be imminent...

While COVID-19 has killed 63 people and infected nearly two million people in North Korea, the country's supreme leader is preparing for a nuclear test or a long-range missile test, U.S intelligence said. What Happened: U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday, in a press...

In an address to the Israel Ministry of Defense on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a set of files obtained by Israeli intelligence from Iran’s atomic archive that he said implicate Iran in a secret nuclear weapons program, "Project Amad," from 1999-2003...

North Korea, the only country to test nuclear weapons in the 21st century, is climbing up the list of nations who have exploded the unfathomably powerful devices. The Sept. 3 explosion was the most powerful yet, registering a 6.3 magnitude tremor. It was the sixth test of a nuke since 2006, the...

In the past two days, President-elect Donald Trump has used some unsettling rhetoric related to global nuclear proliferation. On Thursday, Trump tweeted the following message to his followers: “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capacity until such time as the...

President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his call for nuclear proliferation on Friday morning, sending shares of uranium stocks soaring in the pre-market trading session. On Thursday, Trump tweeted the following message to his followers: “The United States must greatly strengthen and...

North Korea can't actually hit the United States with a nuclear weapon. Right? According to Peter Apps, a global affairs columnist for Reuters and executive director of Project for Study of the 21st Century, the likelihood of a successful nuclear attack on the US by North Korea is "...

In a recent report coming from Reuters, Jack Kim wrote that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has commanded his military to be ready to fire nuclear weapons at a moment's notice. This comes as North Korean state media officials have noticed growing threats from neighboring countries. While many...