Russia's missile forces holding a tactical nuclear weapons drills in the southern military district of the country. Many have raised the question if Russia will now use its extensive nuclear arsenal ...

The new doctrine also expands the circumstances for the potential use of nuclear weapons. Before, Russia said it would consider their use in the event of detecting incoming ballistic missiles ...

The Kremlin Has Revised Its Nuclear Policy. Does That Make the Use of Atomic Weapons More Likely? The 4-year-old document has a bland, bureaucratic title — “Basic Principles of State Policy on ...

an arm of the Department of Energy dedicated to developing nuclear weapons science under tight security. The agency was formed in 2000 after the discovery that nuclear secrets had leaked to China ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree broadening the scope of when Moscow can use nuclear weapons in a clear message to the West and Ukraine. The move comes on the 1,000th ...

In Britain’s Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story (BBC Two), veterans recalled the moment of the blast. “The flash was so bright, I could see through my hands.” “It was as if I was being ...

saying the revised military doctrine would in theory lower the bar to first use of nuclear weapons. In a phone call with reporters, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted the changes mean that ...

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That is, if Ukraine fires NATO missiles at Russia, the NATO states are legitimate targets of Russian counterattacks, including with nuclear weapons. With monumental recklessness, European ...

It will probably feature more nuclear weapons, more nuclear-armed states, no limits on their arsenals and few qualms about threatening to use them. The first nuclear era was terrifying enough.

Russia has begun serial production of mobile bomb shelters that can protect against a variety of threats, including shockwaves and radiation from a nuclear blast. Emergency personnel walk into ...