Nuclear Weapons

An unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during a developmental test from Vandenberg Air Base in California on Wednesday, February 5, 2020Photo: DVIDS/U.S. Air ForceThe U.S. tested a nuclear-capable missile overnight, launching an unarmed Minuteman III from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, according to the 30th Space Wing, which is…

Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has been in operation for almost ten years.Credit: Majid Asgaripour/AP/Shutterstock Iran has accumulated 1,200 kilograms of enriched uranium — more than doubling the stockpile it had just three months ago, according to a statement from a senior official at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran…

“The blessing of military weapons is not reflected in the tradition of the Orthodox Church and does not correspond to the content of the Rite,” reads a new document on the website of the Moscow patriarchate of the the Russian Orthodox Church. Russian priests should stop blessing nuclear weapons and…

Washington (CNN)The US military deployed a new submarine-launched low-yield nuclear weapon, something the Pentagon sees as critical to countering the threat posed by Russia's arsenal of smaller tactical nukes. Several former high-ranking administration offic…

Key point: Israel wants to be sure it is never able to be threatened or defeated. That is why it maintains a secret nuclear weapons program.The Iranian nuclear nonproliferation agreement has been the top foreign policy issue throughout Washington for the past two months.  Approving or disapproving the deal was the…

Ri Son Gwon has been involved in inter-Korean talks, but is no diplomat.January 24, 2020, 4:37 PM7 min read North Korea confirmed its named a former army colonel as its top diplomat in what analysts say is the latest sign of a shift away from talks with the U.S. over…

VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The central achievement of the Iran nuclear deal - keeping Tehran at arm’s length from nuclear weapons - is eroding. The 2015 accord’s many restrictions on Iran’s atomic activities were built around one objective: to extend the…