US intelligence agencies believe that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one covert explosive test in recent years as part of a broader push to ...

On the night of September 18, 1980, a Titan II missile carrying a thermonuclear warhead exploded in rural Arkansas. Here’s what the terrifying incident was like, from those who were there.

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 ...

A U.S. official focusing on arms control has provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground ...

In September 1980, a Titan II missile armed with a nuclear warhead exploded inside its silo in Damascus, Arkansas. Toxic fuel vapors filled the underground complex before a massive blast hurled debris ...

A DF-17 road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile is seen during a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. China may want to develop new nuclear warheads for its ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official on Tuesday revealed what he said were new details of an underground nuclear test blast that China allegedly conducted in June 2020. Assistant ...

We know that an all-out U.S.-Russia nuclear war would be bad. But how bad, exactly? How do your chances of surviving the explosions, radiation, and nuclear winter depend on where ...

With doomsday nuclear weapons the last remnant of Russia's superpower status, President Vladimir Putin is stepping up threats to use them against Western powers aiding Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander ...

Study finds Australia and New Zealand would be only countries to survive nuclear war that could wipe out five billion people ...

Discussing nuclear weapons earlier this month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the nation “is committed to peaceful development, follows a policy of ‘no first use’ of nuclear ...