Nuclear Weapons

South Korean Navy’s destroyer Yulgok Yi I, the US Navy’s destroyer USS Benfold and Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force’s destroyer Atago take part in joint naval missile defence exercises in international waters between Korea and Japan. — Reuters pic/South Korean Defence Ministry Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel…

A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 380, Issue 6642.Download PDF Los Alamos, New Mexico—Behind a guard shack and warning signs on the sprawling campus of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a forested spot where scientists mimic the first moments of a nuclear detonation. Here, in the Dual-Axis…

Russia's ambassador to the United States has warned that Moscow and Washington cannot restore key communication on their last remaining nuclear weapons treaty unless President Joe Biden's administration reverses course on its punitive approach to bilateral relations. The crucial agreement, known as the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START),…

Belarusian air force crews have completed their training in the use of tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy the weapons to its ally Belarus amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine...Read More

Israeli forces prepare for multiple threats on the last Friday of RamadanAl Aqsa Mosque, on the last Friday of Ramadan. EPA Powered by automated translation Israel “must prepare for war” as Tehran moves ever closer towards nuclear weapons capability, the former head of Israel's National Security Council has said. Maj…

Peter Lake, on the back of some serious arm-chair thinking, continues to push boundaries as lyrical iconoclast with his release of Nuclear Air, which highlights the catastrophic threat of nuclear war. Says the artist: "Wake up, folks this is a real thing! Why are musicians not writing songs about major…

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Published: 12:41pm, 28 Mar, 2023 Updated: 12:41pm, 28 Mar, 2023 Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's moving tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. Olli Heinonen, distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center and a former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, joins John Dickerson on "Prime Time" with more. Read More

Vladimir Putin has just made Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s job feel even more urgent. Over the weekend, the Russian president declared that he was preparing to position tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus by July 1, a move seemingly designed to shake the West’s commitment to Ukraine. Why We Wrote This With…