Nukes

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- North Korea's test of a new missile is meant as a "solemn warning" over rival South Korea's weapons development and plans to hold military drills with the United States, Pyongyang said Friday as it continued its pressure campaign …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a newly built submarine and ordered officials to further bolster the country's military capability, state media reported Tuesday, as the North is increasing its pressure on the United Sta…

Samantha Vinograd is a CNN national security analyst. She served on President Barack Obama's National Security Council from 2009 to 2013 and at the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush. Follow her @sam_vinograd. The views expressed in this comme…

How would you survive in a war-torn country, where bombs could potentially fall from the sky with only very short notice? And what if the bomb in question were The Bomb — a nuclear weapon? This concern is thankfully distant for most of us, but it wasn’t alway…

The United Nations resolution passed alongside the embrace of the nuclear accord said that Iran is called upon not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ball…

By Jeff Mason and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and the United States sent mixed signals on Tuesday about resolving their disputes as Iran's supreme leader threatened to further breach the 2015 nuclear deal while the U.S. president cited "a…

Copyright © 2019 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service

An analysis of soil samples, ocean sediment, and fruits from the Marshall Islandsthe site of nearly 70 nuclear weapons tests during the 1940s and 1950shas revealed alarmingly high levels of radiation, with some regions at levels exceeding areas affected by th…

A satellite zooming around Mars spotted a lone machine, the Curiosity Rover, exploring the rugged Martian terrain.  The car-sized rover, which has traveled almost 13 miles on Mars over the last seven years, is now carefully inching up the base of Mount Sharp…

Veterans have a more favorable view of President Donald Trump than the general public, but many of them don't trust Trump to make wise decisions when it comes to war and nuclear weapons, according to Pew Research Center. A new Pew survey of veterans found r…