The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) remains the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Adopted in 1970, the NPT’s objectives are threefold: ...

The United States openly tracks thousands of nuclear warheads, yet a small number have slipped permanently out of reach. Yes, ...

The U.S. president can order a nuclear launch without consulting anyone, including Congress, and U.S. nuclear weapons have ...

The term “weapons of mass destruction,” often shortened to WMD, is widely used in politics, media, and international law. It ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic has rolled out a tool to detect talk about nuclear weapons, the company said in a Thursday blog post. “Nuclear technology is inherently dual-use: the same ...

A subsurface atomic test near Yucca Flats, Nev., in March 1955. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP) In what would be a major shift in a decades-old American policy against global nuclear ...

In November, the General Assembly’s First Committee, adopted a resolution that looks at the risks of integrating AI into nuclear weapons.

Silos are vulnerable, but with enough of them and modern missile technology, they can be advantageous.

The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack ...

Even while Jerusalem remains the only regional nuclear power, an “asymmetrical nuclear war” with a non-nuclear enemy remains worrisome.The post Limits of nuclear military power, Israel and the ‘sting ...

A Pakistani official told CBS News that the country "will not be the first to resume nuclear tests" in response to President Trump's assertion in an interview with 60 Minutes that the country has ...