That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire above a ...

During the Cold War superweapon race, US planners explored extreme-yield nuclear designs in response to Soviet testing, including concepts in the 50 to 100 megaton range. A massive test device was ...

Ahead of the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29 2018, we met up with British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like ...

Late last week, the U.S. leveled an explosive claim: China is planning secret nuclear weapons tests and has already conducted at least one. China denied the allegations, but experts are worried that ...

Editor’s note: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists presents here, from its September 1946 issue, an eyewitness account of the first atomic bomb test in the Marshall Islands. In it, the author not ...

Trump’s maniacal threat to annex Greenland, has weakened the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance, NATO, shaken the foundation of “the new world order”, and mocked the principle of national sovereignty and ...

On February 6, the United States Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno accused China of conducting nuclear weapons tests that achieved supercritical yields, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The United States is aware that China has conducted secret nuclear ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week said he would conduct a review on supporting a bill that would give veterans — predominantly from the U.S. Air Force — the same benefits civilians have been ...