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Nuclear Weapons
Doomsday Clock Reaches 100 Seconds to Midnight
By Jeffrey Kluger
U.S. Intelligence Expects China to Quickly Double Its Nuclear Stockpile
By W.J. Hennigan and John Walcott
The INF Treaty Withdrawal Could Reshape Nuclear Threat
By W.J. Hennigan
Trump's Latest Defense Plans Could Spark Arms Race
By W.J. Hennigan
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Nuclear Weapons
Why the Trump Administration Just Gave Russia an Ultimatum on Nuclear Weapons
Two months after threatening to rip up a 31-year-old nuclear arms agreement with Russia, the Trump Administration publicly set a two-month timeline for formal withdrawal. State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Tuesday the United States intends...
By W.J. Hennigan
December 4, 2018
Has Trump Met the Burden of Proof for Ripping Up an Arms Deal With Russia?
Citing classified intelligence information, President Donald Trump revealed the U.S. government’s intention to withdraw from a landmark arms control treaty with Russia that has kept mid-range nuclear-tipped missiles off the European continent for three decades....
By W.J. Hennigan
October 22, 2018
Trump to Withdraw From Nuclear Treaty
President Donald Trump revealed Saturday the United States intends to withdraw from a 31-year-old nuclear weapons agreement with Russia, delivering a severe blow to the arms control regime that helped preserve peace since the Cold...
By W.J. Hennigan
October 20, 2018
North Korea Is Tearing Down Parts of a Launch Site
North Korea has begun dismantling several structures and facilities around a launch site used to test technology associated with its long-range ballistic missile program, according to new commercial satellite imagery, the first sign of progress...
By W.J. Hennigan
July 23, 2018
Plutonium Was Stolen From an SUV in a Texas Marriott Parking Lot Last Year. No One Knows Where It Is
The SUV was parked overnight in a high-crime area with the nuclear material in the back seat
By Gina Martinez
July 16, 2018
How Trump Could Reset the Russia Conversation With an Arms Deal
In light of the indictments Friday of a dozen Russian intelligence officers on charges of meddling in the 2016 election, there have been public calls for President Donald Trump to cancel his much-anticipated summit with...
By W.J. Hennigan
July 14, 2018
This Is What Trump Needs to Do to Make North Korea Get Rid of Their Nukes
It's premature to write the meeting off as a meaningless photo opportunity
By Kelsey Davenport
June 13, 2018
Here's How Hard It Will Be to Get Kim to Give Up His Nukes
No country that has amassed such an arsenal has ever given it up
By W.J. Hennigan
June 11, 2018
Experts Doubt Russia's Arsenal of Nuclear Weapons Would Work
The answer from the U.S. government appears to be: No
By W.J. Hennigan
March 2, 2018
Putin's 'Invincible' Missile Claim Comes at a Bad Time
The U.S. and Russia have fewer safeguards against conflicts than in the past
By W.J. Hennigan
March 1, 2018
China: India's Missile Test Is a 'Direct Threat'
India's Agni 5 missile test traveled for 19 minutes and 3,000 miles, putting China's eastern coastal cities in range
By Eli Meixler
January 19, 2018
How a Real Ballistic Missile Attack in Hawaii Would Play Out
Hawaii's false ballistic missile alert was the latest reminder of the nuclear threat that North Korea poses to the U.S. amid the rising tensions and war of words between the two nation’s leaders. “BALLISTIC MISSILE...
By W.J. Hennigan
January 13, 2018
Nuclear Officers: Trump 'A Clear and Present Danger'
Trump's "inflammatory rhetoric has put the United States on a collision course with North Korea," they wrote
By Eli Meixler
January 12, 2018
How Trump Would Order a Nuclear Launch
To clairfy: there's not a real button
By Alana Abramson
January 3, 2018
Trump Missile Plan Would Break Russia Treaty
Buried inside the mammoth $700 billion defense bill President Donald Trump signed last month is a relatively miniscule $25 million to fund development of a new road-mobile, ground-launched cruise missile. The program could be easily...
By W.J. Hennigan
January 3, 2018
'It's Crazy.' Lindsey Graham Says It's Time to Move Americans Out of Korea
After North Korea launched another missile test late last month
By Billy Perrigo
December 4, 2017
Lindsey Graham: The U.S. Could Soon Be at War With North Korea
The U.S. could soon be at war with North Korea, warned Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday, as concerns rise that the reclusive nation has developed an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the U.S. carrying...
By Billy Perrigo
November 29, 2017
North Korea's Latest Missile Traveled Way Past the Edge of Earth's Atmosphere
Way past the Space Station
By Billy Perrigo
November 29, 2017
Should President Trump Have the Sole Power to Launch Nuclear Missiles?
Amid concerns over President Trump's temperament, a Senate panel examined Tuesday the question of whether the president should have the sole power to launch a nuclear strike. The exceedingly rare hearing by the Senate Foreign...
By W.J. Hennigan
November 14, 2017
How Tailgating Trucks Can Save Us All Money
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
October 23, 2017
North Korea's Nuke Tests Could Be Changing Its Geology
It's called "Tired mountain syndrome"
By Billy Perrigo
October 20, 2017
The World Should Listen to the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Before it's too late
By Michael Douglas
October 10, 2017
How the World is Reacting to ICAN Winning the Nobel Peace Prize
‘Now more than ever we need a world without nuclear weapons.’
By Billy Perrigo
October 6, 2017
What Is the Difference Between a Hydrogen Bomb and an Atomic Bomb?
One is significantly more powerful and deadly
By Melissa Chan
September 22, 2017
The Internet’s Biggest Companies Just Changed How the Web Works
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
September 22, 2017
President Trump Boasted He's Made Our Nuclear Weapons Stronger. Here Are the Facts
President Trump boasted on Wednesday that he had made U.S. nuclear weapons more powerful. In a pair of tweets sent out the day after he threatened North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, the president...
By Emma Talkoff
August 9, 2017
What to Know Before You Compare Truman's Hiroshima Statement to Trump's North Korea Ultimatum
Observers note ties between President Trump's vow to North Korea and President Truman's statement on Hiroshima, but there's more to the story
By Olivia B. Waxman
August 9, 2017
North Korea's Arrest of U.S. Citizens Is 'Classic Asymmetric Warfare,' Says Expert
Experts say U.S. citizens arrested by the regime risk becoming political pawns
By Charlie Campbell
May 8, 2017
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Are Not Reason Enough to Start a War
Trump said that he operates under the assumption that Kim Jong Un is “rational.” But backed into a corner, is Trump willing to bet nuclear apocalypse on that?
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
April 28, 2017
22 Tweets That Came Back to Haunt President Trump
The President's social media paper trail
By Ashley Hoffman
April 6, 2017
Why Trump Could Never Go It Alone on North Korea
While an attack against North Korea could destroy much of its nuclear-enrichment and missile-testing facilities, the South Korean capital — just 30 miles from the DMZ — would face a devastating retaliation
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
April 5, 2017
The Horrifying Beauty of Never-Before-Seen Nuclear Test Videos
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory released films of American nuclear tests
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 24, 2017
Trump Blames North Korea for 'Behaving Very Badly'
"China has done little to help!"
By Charlotte Alter
March 17, 2017
It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War
The former Soviet leader calls on Trump, Putin and the U.N. for change
By Mikhail Gorbachev
January 26, 2017
Trump Wants to 'Expand' Nuclear Arsenal
After his meeting with Pentagon Brass, Putin speech
By Zeke J Miller
December 22, 2016
Former NATO Supreme Commander on Trump and Security: Buckle Up
From Russia to ISIS, here's what sits in President-elect Trump's inbox
By James Stavridis
November 9, 2016
Nagasaki Marks 71st Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
Some 74,000 people died as a result of the attack
By Casey Quackenbush
August 9, 2016
Here's What Donald Trump Has Said About Nuclear Weapons
On the campaign trail
August 3, 2016
The Pentagon’s Huge Atomic Floppies
When you hear the phrase “floppy disk,” your mind (assuming you’re of a certain age) flashes back to those ubiquitous 3.5-inch versions that were AOL’s Johnny Appleseed in the mid-1990s, spreading “You’ve Got Mail!” across...
By Mark Thompson
May 25, 2016
Obama Will Bring a Mixed Message on Nuclear Weapons to Hiroshima
'No nukes' call may get lost amid his costly A-arsenal upgrade
By Mark Thompson
May 10, 2016
Could a President Trump Do What He Wants Overseas?
Sure, in some cases, but global pushback would restrain him
By Mark Thompson
May 10, 2016
Why Russia Is Rebuilding Its Nuclear Arsenal
Vladimir Putin skipped the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington last week—one more sign that Russia isn't interested in cutting its arms
By Simon Shuster
April 4, 2016
Terrorism, Climate Take Center Stage at Nuclear Security Summit
Taking place in Washington this week
By Maya Rhodan
March 31, 2016
Trump Wants to Free the Nuclear Genie
Policy would mark a major, and dangerous, shift in U.S. foreign policy
By Mark Thompson
March 30, 2016
Is It Time to Attack North Korea?
Pyongyang’s claim that it has shrunk a nuclear warhead brings it one step closer to striking the U.S.
By Mark Thompson
March 9, 2016
Kim Jong Un Says North Korea Has Nuclear Warheads
This is the first time Kim has publicly said it himself
By Nash Jenkins
March 8, 2016
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