There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because

Trump says US and Israel launched attacks on Iran to eliminate threat of it creating a nuclear weapon – after he claimed to have ‘obliterated’ its programme in June

In the ongoing US attacks on Iran, nuclear weapons are serving a familiar purpose: as pretext for military action that has already been decided on. On March 2, Secretary of State Marco Rubio justified the attacks as an effort to limit damage from an Israeli attack that had already been decided on,

In discussing his reasoning for launching U.S. airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump said, "An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be a dire threat to every American.

(Bloomberg) -- US President Donald Trump has said he’s instructed the Defense Department to start testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with rivals such as Russia and China. It’s unclear whether he means detonating nuclear warheads, which ...

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades. “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s appropriate to do so,” the president told reporters ...

CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports on Israel’s new military tactic to target Iran’s checkpoints.