Even more intriguing and consequential than the question of whether a submarine incident of some sort actually did occur at Wuchang or not, is however another issue: What type of “nuclear-powered ...

said the U.S. cannot build more nuclear weapons than Russia and China (and its "gigantic economy") in the decades to come, despite an ongoing $1.7 trillion nuclear arsenal modernization plan.

The Chinese government has claimed that it has been "forced" to develop nuclear weapons as a United States official issued a warning about China's weapons of mass destruction program. Newsweek has ...

As the global state of affairs becomes more daunting and the risk of countries using nuclear weapons grows, it is time for Japan, the only nation to have been attacked by nuclear weapons in war ...

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Not Just Bombs The incendiary packages coincided with news of another incident that's stoked suspicions. In early 2024, Armin Papperger, the chief executive officer of German industrial giant ...

Israel reportedly hid explosives inside Iranian nuclear equipment in a plot similar to the deadly pager bomb attack that devastated Hezbollah. Javad Zarif, Iran's former foreign minister and chief ...

Pyongyang is believed to have carried out six nuclear weapons tests since 2006 and now boasts around 50 warheads, according to estimates by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Vice president of the Islamic Republic blames international sanctions for leaving Iran vulnerable to Israeli sabotage Israeli intelligence agencies planted explosives inside equipment destined for ...

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The goal of testing a nuclear weapon is not to undermine arms control agreements or give a green light for further testing by Moscow or Beijing. It would be done in service of a larger ...

Credit: X / @SharghDaily Iran’s centrifuges are controversial because if enriched highly, uranium can be used for nuclear bombs. Tehran insists it is only doing so for civilian purposes such as fuel, ...