Nukes

Several nuclear scientists, bomb engineers, and safety experts critical to national security were among the cuts made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The New York Times reports that more than 130 members of a top secret agency, the National Nuclear Security Agency, either took the Trump administration’s deferred…

Trump sent a letter to Tehran proposing negotiations on its nuclear program or threatening military action. But he hasn’t waited for a reply to bomb Iranian-allied Houthi rebels...Read More

Microscopic evidence gleaned from a clip-on tie left behind by mysterious plane hijacker DB Cooper has the case's lead independent investigators turned in a new direction that could finally unmask the suspect, Daily Mail can reveal.  On November 24, 1971, a well-dressed, middle-aged man identifying himself as Dan Cooper hijacked…

By Aila Slisco is a Newsweek night reporter based in New York. Her focus is on reporting national politics, where she has covered the 2020 and 2022 elections, the impeachments of Donald Trump and multiple State of the Union addresses. Other topics she has reported on for Newsweek include crime,…

Donald Trump recently made headlines with a stark warning about the possibility of World War Three, suggesting that the world is “not so far away” from such a catastrophic conflict. However, he also reassured the public that it is “not going to happen,” particularly under his leadership. These comments came…

VIENNA — Iran’s stock of uranium close to weapons grade has jumped since it announced a dramatic acceleration in enrichment in December and there has been no progress on resolving outstanding issues, two reports by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Wednesday. The stock of uranium enriched to up to 60% fissile purity, close to the roughly 90% of bomb grade, has been…

By ADAM POGRUND Published: 18:46 GMT, 24 February 2025 | Updated: 03:33 GMT, 25 February 2025 America today flew B-52 bomber jets less than 50 miles from the Russian border in a show of strength on the third anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine. The B-52 jets are nuclear capable and…

By Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region. He is a graduate of…

“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong,” according to H. L. Mencken. Today we might ponder his words to diagnose the revival of another neat, plausible and boneheaded idea: ringing the planet with orbiting missiles to somehow make the U.S. safer. In January President…

The Air Force launched an unarmed missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base overnight, in a demonstration of the readiness of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Santa Barbara County base around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The goal is to “demonstrate the readiness of…