With its latest missile test, China displays a growing confidence in its nuclear arsenal. It also offers an opportunity for nuclear talks with the United States.

The W87-1 warhead will replace the older W78 warhead, ensuring that the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) leg of the nuclear triad remains safe, secure, and effective. The plutonium pit is ...

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the completion of the first weapon-ready example of a vital component for the W87-1 warhead. The ...

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the completion of the first weapon-ready example of a vital component for the W87-1 warhead. The component, ...

The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has recently confirmed the successful ...

Technicians inside a government lab in Tennessee are recycling unused nuclear warheads with a process that involves a cauldron heated to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, as described by CNN. The purpose ...

For larger rocks or smaller ones detected too late, nuclear warheads, objects designed for mass destruction, may ironically turn out to be our salvation. And new research, using one of the most ...

The revision lowers the threshold of use of nuclear weapons by Russia. It is a warning to the West not to escalate the ...

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has escalated into a full-scale war with a hybrid nature in both countries as of Aug.

The decision arrives as U.S. authorities this week certified with a "diamond stamp" the first new plutonium pit from Los Alamos for deployment as a key component to nuclear warheads under efforts ...