Why not reduce nuclear arsenals from thousands into the hundreds, and divert savings toward fighting hunger and poverty?

DEFCON 2, one step from nuclear war, is implemented when an enemy attack is expected. Troops are poised for combat at this time. DEFCON 2 represents “a readiness posture requiring a further ...

“Bunkers are, in fact, not a tool to survive a nuclear war, but a tool to allow a population to psychologically endure the possibility of a nuclear war.” After ... our way of life would ...

A single warhead can demolish a city center. A full-fledged nuclear war would threaten life as we know it. But with the right policies and safeguards, we can help protect against mistakes, accidents, ...

Two superpowers had emerged from World War II, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., and they spent the years after 1945 racing to develop ever more powerful nuclear weapons. By the 1960s both sides had ...

said on Sunday that a nuclear war with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) almost began under President Joe Biden. More Contributor/Getty Images Medvedev's remarks come after the U.S. is ...