Nuclear Weapons

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…

Key takeaways Ukraine is increasingly launching drone strikes deep into Russia and threatening Russian-annexed Crimea, both steps that many once feared would result in nuclear retaliation from Moscow. Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats aren’t as effective as they used to be, in part because it’s not clear what using a nuke…

If an inspector wants to verify a nuclear treaty on Earth, they can enter a facility, open containers, and inspect equipment. In space, there is no door to knock on. That problem has shadowed the Outer Space Treaty since 1967, when countries agreed not to place nuclear weapons in orbit.…

A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket launches the Kosmos-2553 satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Feb. 5, 2022. Some outside observers have speculated that Kosmos-2553 might be testing components for a future orbital nuclear weapon. (Image credit: Russian Defense Ministry) A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons…