On the day the war started, the weapons were fully in place, the deserter said (Representational). A former officer in Russia's nuclear forces is among the rare few to speak out about his ...

A consortium led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel has completed the European Space Agency-commissioned RocketRoll project on nuclear electric propulsion for space exploration. The consortium has ...

The 2024 IAEA Ministerial Conference will take place on 26-28 November 2024 in Vienna, Austria, bringing together ministers and senior officials from IAEA Member States to discuss the role of nuclear ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (November 19) formally approved the new nuclear weapons doctrine for his regime. Russia’s new nuclear doctrine, which Putin had outlined in September, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday approved an updated nuclear doctrine that lowers the threshold for a strike in response to a broader range of convention attacks on Russia when backed by a ...

Russia has toughened up its nuclear doctrine, which now permits nuclear strikes against non-nuclear states under certain conditions. Experts say the primary purpose is to send a signal to the West.

However, the alliance, with its guarantee of a united defense against the Russian threat, also played a key role in reassuring some of its members not to go nuclear. Will that last? Trump’s ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Many foreign policy experts warn that if Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons, it would be broadly destabilizing for the Middle East and ...

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has granted an operating licence for an off-site interim dry storage facility for used nuclear fuel in Mutsu, Aomori prefecture. It is the first such facility in ...

The United States sees “no indications” that Russia is prepping for a nuclear attack, the Pentagon said Tuesday, despite the Kremlin’s announcement of a change in nuclear posture.

Iran announced Friday it was activating new advanced centrifuges – which enrich uranium for the country’s nuclear program – after the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog criticized the ...