History tells us that it was at the Malta summit in December 1989, that Gorbachev and US President George H.W. Bush declared ...

The difference between them is a matter of perception and interpretation by the (indirect and direct) belligerents involved.

During the Cold War, the superpowers signed a number of arms control agreements that helped build trust and limit the scope ...

Join Sacks, the venture capitalist who now fancies himself a foreign policy maven, explained that Putin’s display was a reminder to the West that he can blast us to smithereens. Well, yes; Putin might ...

Using ballistic missiles to deliver kinetic projectiles is an old idea. Nobody else does it because, as Putin conveniently ...

It can yield the equivalent of 20 megatons (20,000 kilotons) of TNT explosives and has a range of up to 10,000 miles. Another ...

The 2nd Bomb Wing's Agile Bomber Generation Squadrons recently deployed in Eastern Europe, demonstrating readiness for ...

Tensions with Russia have raised the subject of nuclear war. Here's how Texas' largest cities and Phoenix will do if attacked ...

Newsweek has looked at the potential fallout of the U.S. using the largest nuclear weapon in its arsenal, the B-83, on ...

Surprise attacks were their main concern, but they assumed that the existing warning systems and retaliatory capabilities ...

Meanwhile, Newsweek has compared how different countries' nuclear weapons compare, by using maps produced by Alex Wellerstein ...