Nuclear Weapons

It is unacceptable that anyone in Washington would contemplate cutting nuclear weapons when no one really knows how many China has.

North Korea’s nuclear threat cannot be ignored any longer. And Washington must recognize that it cannot continue dealing with the North Korean nuclear threat the way it has done in...

The introduction of the Grey Wolf helicopter is part of the broader strategy to modernize America’s ailing nuclear triad and maintain deterrence capabilities.

The Chinese have spent the last 10-15 years rapidly standing up both a space and a counterspace capability that could seriously undermine the American position in space.

Any plan that called for dropping 80 nuclear weapons on any country would have ended in a global catastrophe.

The Minuteman III is a three-stage, solid-fuel rocket, meaning it can be launched with minimal preparation—an essential aspect for deterrence.

The sea-based leg of the nuclear triad is arguably the most vital for America’s national defense.

The B83 is the largest nuclear bomb in America’s strategic arsenal, with a yield of 1.2 megatons.

Ukraine is fighting a war against two nuclear weapons countries: Russia, a signatory of the non-proliferation treaty, and North Korea, which is not. Since 2014, Moscow has been undermining the...

Ensuring shared failsafe protocols is the best way to improve nuclear security in a world where arms control progress has stalled. In 1958, an article by Frank Bartholomew shed light...

Rather than waiting—and hoping—that the Americans would protect them from their neighbors to the north, Seoul’s leaders could easily protect themselves.

The B61 bomb’s reported yield will be adjustable to between 0.3 and 50 kilotons. A kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Although not possessing the long-distance standoff...