The only remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, NewSTART, expires on February 5, 2026. Russia withdrew from NewSTART in 2023, but has ...

President Donald Trump’s calls to ramp up nuclear weapons testing last week have put nuclear watchdogs and world leaders on alert while experts say the United States has little to gain. Photo by Yuri ...

President Trump’s call to resume nuclear tests was muddied this week when Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States would not resume explosive testing, which was last conducted in the 1990s ...

On 30 October, shortly before meeting the Chinese president Xi, Trump posted yet another disruptive ‘truth’ on his social media platform. However, unlike the previous few months, this disruption had ...

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the coast of Florida. The four launches conducted from September 17-21 were part of a planned test event ...

Southern Nevada’s Congressional delegation is calling on the Trump administration to “reaffirm” the United States’ decadeslong moratorium on explosive nuclear testing, which was concentrated in Nevada ...

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