Throughout the Cold War, military planners on both sides of the Iron Curtain built weapons designed to deter the unthinkable. Yet several of those systems came dangerously close to coming active and ...

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The arms race between United States and the then Soviet Union saw a proliferation of nuclear warheads as well as their vectors. The arms race between United States and the then Soviet Union saw a ...

This was a big week to get more afraid about nuclear weapons. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the testing of a new nuclear-capable missile. President Donald Trump responded by calling for ...

Cold War movies like The Manchurian Candidate and The Lives of Others are, sadly, more relevant than ever in today's highly ...

Finland plans to lift a ban on importing nuclear weapons, citing NATO membership and the need to strengthen national defense.

Nuclear-capable DF-5C missiles in Beijing on Sept. 3. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) We all sense that the world is entering a more uncertain phase. Alliances feel shakier, trade is fragmenting, and ...

The US military was spotted testing a new stealth nuclear weapon on a Cold War bomber last week — just as the Air Force was preparing to test its Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile An ...

John F Kennedy's 1961 UN speech warned that humanity must end war, or risk extinction. With the threat of nuclear weapons and advanced military technology, he emphasised that peace is a collective ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: US President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev exchange pens after signing the START treaty. July 31, ...

During December 2025, the Editorial Board of the New York Times published several articles “on why the US military needs to reinvent itself.” It described the state of US military as “Overmatched,” ...

The fragile global legal framework for nuclear weapons control faces further setbacks in 2026, eroding guardrails to avoid a nuclear crisis. The first half of the year will see two key events: the ...