When the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the destruction was unlike anything experienced before. Tens of thousands of people died instantly. An entire city was destroyed in ...

Nuclear weapons are still here—and they’re still an existential risk. Nine countries possess nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and ...

Nuclear explosives were first developed as weapons of war in the pitched environment of World War II. However, after the war had passed, thoughts turned to alternative uses for this new powerful ...

With recent tensions between the US and Iran, you might be hearing a fair bit about nuclear weapons. They are considered the most destructive weapons in the world - their explosions are so ...

The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history. The race to beat the Nazis and stolen secrets. Show more The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the ...

How close were the Nazis to developing an atomic bomb? The truth is that National Socialist Germany could not possibly have built a weapon like the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

Tensions in the Middle East may spur Iran to speed up its suspected pursuit of a nuclear weapons program. North Korea continues to modernize and expand its nuclear arsenal. And if Donald Trump wins a ...

Pyongyang's missile tests, relationship with Russia and continuous pursuit of nuclear weapons have aroused concern from officials in both Washington and Seoul.

Russia 'sharing nuclear secrets with Iran in bid to topple West', UK spies fear ...

(Majid Asgaripour/AP) Iran’s nuclear program is advanced although it lacks atomic-weapons capability, while Israel is considered an undeclared nuclear-weapons power. Iran has significantly ...

Hundreds of large firestorms triggered by nuclear weapons could loft soot into the upper atmosphere, serving as the causative mechanism of the “nuclear winter” theory. The nuclear aspect is ...

and their lunchtime agenda is ambitious - to plot out how South Korea can develop nuclear weapons. This once-fringe idea has exploded into the mainstream over the past months. Even South Korean ...