Nuclear Weapons

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The US-Saudi nuclear deal was announced in the midst of what has, as of 2026, become America’s Third Gulf War. The news broke just as Saudi Arabia and the US launched air raids against Iranian-backed Iraqi militias, in retaliation for alleged drone attacks directed Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities. The future…

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Michael Nosek/Getty Images Let's get the obvious difference out of the way first: A nuclear reactor generates electricity that can power the world around us. A nuclear weapon, well, we know plenty enough about the damage one of these devices can cause.  However, this leads to an interesting question: What…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: A newly signed U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal is in question after President Trump said Thursday the deal is off unless Saudi Arabia normalizes relations with Israel. Saudi Arabia has maintained it would not officially recognize Israel…

Published July 24, 2026 9:21am Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The United States will continue exerting pressure on Iran until Tehran agrees to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions and complies with any agreement it enters into, according…

Saudi Arabia has been reluctant to accept broader nuclear inspections, according to officials familiar with the talks, a position that has sharpened scrutiny of a United States deal that could let the kingdom advance its civil nuclear programme under weaker safeguards than Washington has traditionally demanded. The agreement, backed by…

NEW YORK — A study published last week in Nature Astronomy has proposed a new satellite design and technique to detect thermonuclear warheads in space. Funded in part by the United States National Nuclear Security Administration, it’s the first study proposing any technique for identifying orbital warheads in peer-reviewed literature. …

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The Kremlin has threatened to deploy nuclear weapons if the corporeality of Russia, which has the most nuclear warheads, faces an existential threat. President Vladimir Putin’s aide Dmitry Peskov pointed to the Federation’s nuclear theory in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Die Weltwoche. The diplomat described Russia’s nuclear doctrine…