nuclear weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cheers with scientists and technicians after the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile

Here’s what it’d look like to have a nuclear North Korea capable of bombing the US

After years of the US trying to deter the Kim regime from its nuclear weapons program, now North Korea reportedly has up to 60 nukes — it probably won’t abandon its plans anytime soon.

Here’s what it’d look like to have a nuclear North Korea capable of bombing the US
A test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, August 2nd 2017

The only effective arms against North Korea's missile bunkers are nuclear weapons, says a top war planner

The only effective arms against North Korea's missile bunkers are nuclear weapons, says a top war planner
White mushroom-shaped cloud surrounded by dark skies tinged with red

Can a nuclear explosion be peaceful? US scientists used to think so.

Can a nuclear explosion be peaceful? US scientists used to think so.
Clifton Truman Daniel with his grandpa, former President Harry S. Truman, c.1963

Harry S. Truman’s grandson speaks out against nuclear weapons

Harry S. Truman’s grandson speaks out against nuclear weapons
U.S. President Donald Trump on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this weekend.

100 days in, world leaders are still wondering if there's any reason to Trump's antics

100 days in, world leaders are still wondering if there's any reason to Trump's antics
A test-fire of North Korea's Pukguksong-2 guided missile in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, Feb. 13, 2017.

President Trump, do you have a red line when it comes to North Korea?

Surveillance footage suggests North Korea could be preparing to test a nuclear weapon in the coming weeks. It would be a significant foreign policy test for President Donald Trump.

President Trump, do you have a red line when it comes to North Korea?
A South Korean soldier patrols at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 8, 2013.

A father remembers when Korea was one country. His son dreams of seeing the same someday.

The Kang family lived through centuries of Korean unity. Today, they can’t go home.

A father remembers when Korea was one country. His son dreams of seeing the same someday.
The US detonates "Mike," the first hydrogen bomb, on Nov. 1, 1952.

From the Manhattan Project to the Iran deal: A nuclear timeline

Whoever wins the US presidency on Nov. 8 will be tasked with managing America's increasingly tense relationship with Russia. And that means managing the future of a decades-long and complicated nuclear relationship with Russia — and with the world.

From the Manhattan Project to the Iran deal: A nuclear timeline
This image shows Baker, the second of the two atomic bomb tests

70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation

The Marshall Islands were the site of some of the first nuclear tests conducted by the US. Now 70 years on, though, many residents are still awaiting promised compensation.

70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation
US President Barack Obama at the Pentagon

Why President Obama is moving ahead with the biggest modernization of US nuclear weapons in decades

Many US nuclear systems are aging, and the US military is moving to upgrade and replace them. So how does that square with President Barack Obama, who won a 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts toward denuclearization.

Why President Obama is moving ahead with the biggest modernization of US nuclear weapons in decades
h bombs

Will US ever be able to clean up the H-bomb material scattered on Spanish coast?

The new US agreement to clean up nuclear contamination in Spain is another attempt to account for a 1966 Cold War accident involving thermonuclear bombs on its coastline.

Will US ever be able to clean up the H-bomb material scattered on Spanish coast?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles during his visit to the construction site of the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station near completion in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 14, 2015.

North Korea kindly reminds you it still has nuclear weapons

North Korea says it's restarting its nuclear fuel program. It's not clear it ever ended. But it once again has international observers trying to guess what the rogue state is doing.

North Korea kindly reminds you it still has nuclear weapons
Levinsky Market

To average Israelis, the problem with the Iran deal is 'politics, not people'

In Tel Aviv’s Levinsky market, Israeli citizens mull the risks of the nuclear deal with Iran, from the threat of war to strained relations between their country and the United States.

To average Israelis, the problem with the Iran deal is 'politics, not people'
Maryam Abolfazli in Iran.

Iranian American talks to her conservative relatives in Iran about the nuclear deal

Maryam Abolfazli was born in the US to Iranian parents. She was raised in Tennessee in a progressive family. In 2003, when she went on a trip to Iran, she got to know her conservative relatives. Now that Iran and US have agreed on a nuclear deal, she wanted to know how they feel.

Iranian American talks to her conservative relatives in Iran about the nuclear deal
The government of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says it is not interested in talks with the US aimed at freezing or giving up its nuclear program. This is an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 20, 2015.

The Iran nuclear deal has North Korea written all over it

Critics of the Iran nuclear agreement like to point to the 1994 deal that President Bill Clinton brokered with North Korea. The dirty secret about the North Korean deal is that it actually worked.

The Iran nuclear deal has North Korea written all over it