Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...
"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...
The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history.
The former head of Ukraine’s military intelligence recalls how thousands of tactical nuclear weapons were removed from its ...
Ukraine turned over its Soviet nuclear weapons stockpiles under the Budapest Memorandum, signed in December 1994. The document — signed by Russia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States — ...
President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.
As Trump takes office, issues of arms control, the U.S. arsenal and weapons testing will be on the radar for many nuclear weapons researchers.