From expiring treaties to AI-accelerated warfare, the guardrails that once limited nuclear risk are rapidly disappearing, Dr.

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 ...

It goes back far enough that militaries have developed weapons intended to overwhelm enemies and shift the balance of power on the battlefield. But some of these innovations proved so destructive or ...

When nuclear weapons first appeared in World War II, they were seen as simply bigger bombs. But as the Cold War escalated, the United States and the Soviet Union built vast arsenals and developed ...

The US looks set to deploy its Cold War heavy bombers to Iran as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned that Tuesday would mark the fiercest attacks of the war so far. Even after 70 years of service ...

In his book “Atomowi. Nuclear Tests on Humans,” Dynowski describes how thousands of young troops were placed near atomic ...

As the US–Israel war against Iran enters its tenth day, long-range American bombers have ...

On September 18, 1980, a Titan II missile exploded near Damascus, Arkansas. Here’s what the terrifying incident was like, from those who were there.

Some places stick with you long after you leave, and Nike Missile Site SF-88L in Mill Valley is one of those rare attractions ...

Even defenders of the rules are speaking of them in the past tense. But they remain indispensable, argues historian Margaret ...

The Arizona desert is full of surprises, but finding a nine-megaton nuclear missile in a hole in the ground still ranks pretty high on the “didn’t see that coming” scale. Welcome to the Titan Missile ...

The size of the U.S. military budget has often reflected the country’s changing role in global affairs. Defense spending has ...