Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

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This op-ed's authors argue that the president's nuclear testing comments were correct, considering America's aging arsenal ...

The Defense Department wants troops to have new weapons quickly. But testing processes don't include the best ways to do that ...

Confusion and ambiguity are dangerous in nuclear brinksmanship. President Donald Trump spread both on Wednesday when he posted on Truth Social an error-filled and unclear order for the U.S. to ...

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Last Sunday, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster “Oppenheimer,” which tells the story of the development of the atomic bomb and the Trinity test in New Mexico, won a number of Academy Awards, including ...

Project 2025 opens the door to above-ground tests, which were banned in 1963. We can’t endanger our children again. National Security Research Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory The United ...

Will a 10,000-foot cloud of dust from a massive bomb spread radioactive particles across the West? It sounds like a nightmare scenario from the 1950s. But thats the question a U.S. district court in ...

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025 Credit - Andrew Harnik—Getty Images Here's what we know about Trump's ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The United States and other nuclear powers are now moving closer to resuming nuclear ...