The Air Force launched an unarmed missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base overnight, in a demonstration of the readiness of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic ...

You’re not going to like either answer. 1. The New Nuclear Age Why was Russia able to invade Ukraine? Simple: Because in 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons. The nukes on Ukrainian soil after ...

The Japanese government will not participate in next month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. nuclear ban treaty in New York, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday, despite calls to attend ...

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The National Nuclear Security Administration is part of the Department of Energy The US government is trying to rehire nuclear safety employees it had fired on Thursday, after concerns grew that ...

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Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from power-hungry sectors like AI and semiconductors. An energy plan approved ...

The Trump administration is working to recall hundreds of employees tasked with oversight of the nation’s nuclear weapons after they were fired Thursday, multiple news outlets reported.

A secret US nuclear weapons facility near Las Vegas may soon begin testing live bombs again as global tensions may be pushing countries into a new arms race. Amid reports that both Russia and ...

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Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile ...