The Tsar Bomba, the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, remains an iconic and terrifying testament to the destructive power of nuclear energy. Developed by the Soviet Union during ...

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...

After the US and Soviet Union became capable of Mutually Assured Destruction, safeguards were put in place to prevent World ...

Before the ceasefire was announced, Iran missiles struck a U.S. military base in Qatar. Less visibly, but even much more ...

Mideast stability has sustained U.S. foreign policy priorities for decades. What lessons can we learn from past U.S.

The president’s most important job, as the sole steward of America’s nuclear arsenal, is to prevent nuclear war. And a ...

The U.S. in the past has often been particularly effective in the turbulent region when operating at a diplomatic distance ...

GROWING up in the most nuked place on Earth, Maira Abenova has helplessly watched as cancer spread through her family. After ...

The Trump administration should embrace a North Korea strategy that aims to contain escalation, not keep a white-knuckled ...

From the Manchester to the B-32, these Allied heavy bombers showcase air power's rapid evolution of purpose, design, and ...

Not long afterward, the then-demonized Russians (technically, the Soviet Union) developed their own fission bombs and far more powerful fusion (“H bomb”) weapons. The bombs dropped on Japan are the ...