WASHINGTON — Questioning America’s decades-long commitment to guard them against a nuclear-armed Russia, European nations are looking at ways to bolster their own arsenals rather than continue to rely ...

Hidden for decades, the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan was where the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear and hydrogen bombs. Entire towns were built in secrecy, erased from maps, and later ...

Iran has faced suspicion for decades over its nuclear ambitions and whether it’s developing the capability to fire an atomic weapon. It agreed to cap its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions ...

China’s military parade projects Xi Jinping’s strongman image, but the show of unity could mask tensions from his relentless purges, as analyst Drew Thompson observes. Photo: Photo: Photo: ...

VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran's violent crackdown on protests, analysts warn that the internal upheaval affecting the Iranian theocracy ...

Six hours into a routine patrol mission over the Arctic, smoke began filling the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress carrying four hydrogen bombs. Captain John Haug and his crew fought to reach Thule Air ...

At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dept. Of War Confirms Plans To Scale ‘Directed Energy Weapons’ Image by CS StockShutterstock The Department of War has confirmed ...

The coastal storm forming off the East Coast could bring strong winds and a few additional inches of snow if it hits the region this weekend. Meteorologists in the National Weather Service’s Albany ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Democrats are moving forward with several bills they say will reduce gun violence in Virginia. On Monday, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee approved several gun ...

In pursuit of illegal immigrants, federal agents are carrying the instruments of war, fine-tuned and perfected for killing at short range. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Thomas Gibbons-Neff deployed twice to ...