"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...

The Russian Typhoon-class SSBN (Project 941 "Akula") is the largest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine ever built.

Trump has sought a nuclear deal with Russia and China for years. He could get one this time—but only if he does it the right ...

The other two production sites for the Manhattan Project – Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico – have numerous ...

The U.S. hasn't tested a nuclear weapon in decades, and since the 1990s has used simulations and experiments to verify they're working properly. NPR was granted a rare look at how they do it.

Amid growing tensions, Russia, China and the U.S. are ... The experiments are a far cry from full-scale nuclear tests. They ...

President Donald Trump ordered the construction of a new missile defense system covering the United States, the latest move ...

The United States has approximately 1,770 deployed nuclear warheads, while Russia holds around 1,710, according to estimates cited in a January 22 Congressional Research Service report.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian security official Sergei Shoigu warned in an interview published on Friday that the risk of an armed clash between nuclear powers was rising. Shoigu, the secretary of ...

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast ... about the movement of its top secret fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. A decision to tell parliament ...

Russia has invested heavily in its Arctic military footprint in recent years. Its northernmost Nagurskoye air base on Siberia’s northern coast hosts nuclear-capable strategic bombers ...

British Defense Secretary John Healey told Parliament on Wednesday the Royal Navy was tracking a "Russian spy ship" that passed through U.K. waters, warning Russia's President Vladimir Putin ...