During the intense nuclear testing programs of the Cold War, the United States conducted an extraordinary series of detonations across Bikini Atoll under Operation Hardtack I. One of the most dramatic ...

The U.S. government has released fresh intelligence on what it claims was an illicit Chinese nuclear test conducted in 2020. On June 22 of that year, a remote seismic station in Kazakhstan detected a ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google US intelligence agencies believe China is developing a “new generation” of nuclear weapons — with Beijing having ...

Russian officials say they are waiting for an explanation from President Donald Trump about nuclear testing. He hasn't given one.

US intelligence agencies believe that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one covert explosive test in recent years as part of a broader push to ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - A senior State Department official on Tuesday said the U.S. still is assessing how to implement President Donald Trump's order to resume U.S. nuclear weapons tests, ...

On March 1, 1954, the U.S. detonated the Castle Bravo thermonuclear bomb, causing unexpected fallout. The blast's radioactive debris contaminated Rongelap Atoll, exposing locals to dangerous radiation ...

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., visited the Nevada National Security Site last week to observe how scientists certify the nation’s nuclear stockpile without detonating weapons, her office said this ...

Nuclear war is one of the world’s greatest existential threats, so why isn’t there more psychological research on it?

Fallout from the Upshot-Knothole Harry test on May 19, 1953 spread radiation over Nevada and Utah, sparking long-term cancer and safety concerns. Here's how the Reno Evening Gazette reported on the ...