Between 1953 and 1977, the U.S. and Iran had a mostly cordial relationship. During the 1960s, the U.S. assisted Iran in creating its nuclear program, providing a nuclear reactor and significant amounts of enriched uranium. Iran, along with over 50 other countries, signed the original Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1968.

Following the announcement that the Royal Air Force is regaining nuclear weapons, we explore the service’s history using nukes, explaining why they were originally abandoned in 1998. For 43 years, the RAF was at the forefront of the UK’s nuclear ...

The United States needs a nuclear posture that can credibly deter limited, non-strategic nuclear war without either forcing it to escalate to central, strategic war or forcing it to lose an ongoing conventional fight. This Backgrounder does not directly ...

A new global coalition seizes the moment to campaign for a halt and reversal of the nuclear arms race. The risk of nuclear war is greater now than in decades—and rising. Russia is upgrading its missile systems and has threatened to use nuclear weapons.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nuclear missile formation attends a 2025 military parade in Beijing, China. In January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset its iconic Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer nuclear weapons. That era is now over.” That is the ...

Limited nuclear war is a possibility grounded in strategic logic and a probability accentuated by the current geopolitical and military context. Planning for limited nuclear war is necessary not only to buttress the credibility of non-strategic nuclear ...