According to the U.S. Air Force, the bomb didn’t contain the plutonium core necessary for a nuclear detonation. This was the first loss of a nuclear weapon in history. On April 11, 1950 ...

“Poland must pursue the most advanced capabilities, including nuclear and modern unconventional weapons,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told his country’s parliament earlier this month.

Russia is still escalating its nuclear threats as the war in Ukraine goes on. If a nuclear bomb were headed toward the US, residents would have fewer than 30 minutes to prepare. Actions ...

Earlier in October 2024 also, the United States said it believes that Iran has not decided to build a nuclear weapon despite Tehran's strategic setbacks, including Israel's killing of Hezbollah ...

In 1958, a US Air Force incident led to the loss of a 7,600-pound Mark 15 nuclear bomb off Tybee Island, near Savannah, Georgia. Throughout history, the idea of misplacing a nuclear weapon may ...

The state parties to a U.N. treaty on banning nuclear weapons met in New York on Monday, with a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor's son repeating his call for the eradication of such arsenals. The ...

They signed various international treaties like the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Budapest Memorandum to ensure a safer world. Their commitment to disarmament ...

7. attacks. And yet here is Gabbard, throwing a lifeline to Khamenei’s nuclear weapons program and doing so in the most public of ways. This is a classic case of ignoring the sum of the parts ...

For nearly 80 years, the United States has been the backbone of global nuclear restraint. Nations once tempted to build nuclear weapons were persuaded otherwise, assured by America’s security umbrella ...

With the hibakusha having an averaging age of around 85, Jiro Hamasumi is one of the youngsters. The 79-year-old is sometimes referred to as the youngest survivor of the nuclear bomb – his mother was ...

Despite having these nuclear weapons, Ukraine relinquished them due to financial burdens and geopolitical risks. The 1994 Budapest Memorandum promised security guarantees, which proved unreliable ...