By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - The Navy admiral tapped as the new head of U.S. nuclear forces on ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, ...

President Donald Trump Thursday sowed confusion among experts with his call for the start of nuclear weapons testing, with some pundits interpreting the announcement as US preparations for a shock ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - A senior State Department official on Tuesday said that the U.S. still is assessing how to implement President Donald Trump's order to resume U.S. nuclear weapons ...

What does Trump’s call for renewed nuclear testing mean for Nevada? President Donald Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing prompted quick condemnation from some Nevada congressional ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright revealed the U.S. will not be testing nuclear explosions, putting to rest questions over whether the Trump administration would reverse a decades-old taboo. Testing will ...

President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's ...

A senior U.S. official offered new details Tuesday night about an alleged nuclear bomb test conducted by China in June 2020. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw spoke at a Hudson Institute ...

The strikes on Iran are pushing countries in Europe and Asia to rethink their position on nuclear weapons. Nations like Japan ...

MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Russia’s tests of the Burevestnik missile, which features a nuclear-powered propulsion system, do not fall under the category of nuclear weapons tests restricted by ...

The Navy admiral who ‌commands U.S. nuclear forces on Thursday endorsed a finding by the Energy Department and Pentagon that ...