America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the ...

The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after ...

Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...

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To date, US nuclear doctrine has worked; no one has launched a nuclear attack on the United States, or anyone else, since the end of World War II. Nuclear war is one of the world’s most pressing ...

Donald Trump has repeatedly called the proliferation of nuclear weapons “the n-word,” his way of warning that speaking “nuclear” into existence puts the world on the path of mutually assured ...

Russia has hammered Ukraine with persistent attacks on its critical energy infrastructure, and is invested in cutting off ...

Human judgement remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems. The ...