Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...

And, well, they were slow and easily shot down, by air or by ground forces.

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On the Wednesday, January 7, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: “The Nuclear Sponge” is a five-part project by USA TODAY ...

The Nuclear Age will appeal to a broad audience, both newcomers to the topic and those who are conversant but not academic ...

America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the ...

Beijing releases 30-page report that includes a call for international community to ‘take concrete and strong measures’ against Japan’s nuclear ambitions.

The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after ...

Rising threats are prompting some politicians in Japan, the only nation attacked with nuclear weapons, to reconsider its ...

The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear-power plant in the southern Iranian city of Bushehr in 2010. (Majid Asgaripour/AP) Iran’s nuclear program is advanced although it lacks atomic-weapons ...

It’s a pivotal moment for nuclear weapons. Tensions between the United States and Russia, the two major nuclear powers, are high. Longstanding nuclear pacts have crumbled. China, which trails well ...

Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed missing weapons is somewhere between five and nine, depending on what ...