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

Where some cities fade away with time, others are deliberately erased and destroyed. Deep within Central Asia, a chilling symbol of Cold War-era secre.

Should the U.S. and Russia resume nuclear testing? The answer to that question must be a resounding “No.” Yet President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, eager to project strength, have ...

President Donald Trump says the U.S. plans to restart nuclear weapons testing for the first time in more than 30 years, a move experts fear could raise global tensions and disrupt the nuclear balance ...

The United States has not conducted a nuclear weapons test since 1992, and thus there was widespread surprise when President Trump indicated, shortly before a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, that he ...

For better or worse, the U.S. nuclear arsenal is currently having a moment. First, "A House of Dynamite" became an instant No. 1 hit for Netflix shortly after its global streaming debut in October.

A subsurface atomic test near Yucca Flats, Nev., in March 1955. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP) In what would be a major shift in a decades-old American policy against global nuclear ...

Minutes before walking into a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this past week, President Donald Trump announced what could prove to be a stunning shift in American nuclear policy.

On Oct. 30, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time since the early 1990s, arguing the move was necessary to keep pace with Russia ...

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a strike.

Wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria have become the focus of a scientific mystery: in some cases, they carry higher ...

President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades. “We’ve halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it’s ...