Small bonfires light the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan, in memory of those killed by the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on August 6, 1945, 2025. Photo ...
Scientists have experimented to assess the ability of US nuclear weapons to hit the targets after encountering enemy missile defenses. The experiment was conducted by scientists from the Lawrence ...
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Our nuclear weapons need a new home

The Energy Department is the Wrong Place to Manage Our Nuclear Stockpile Introduction Nuclear deterrence is once again central to U.S. national security. The relative calm of the post-Cold War world ...
Alex Wellerstein joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about nuclear science. Which nations have nuclear bombs? Who decides who gets to have nuclear warheads and who doesn't? Why were ...
Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The United States and South Korea face increasingly dangerous threats in China ...
The mystique of nuclear-powered submarines has been captured by at least half a dozen popular Hollywood films. Some have centered on the drama of undersea warfare and the risk of global nuclear ...
Aug. 6 (UPI) --Eighty years ago today, the first of two atom bombs was used in anger. Hiroshima was vaporized. But one plane, one bomb, destroying a city was inconceivable. The Japanese now could ...