With thousands of nuclear weapons on high alert, the greatest risk may not be intent but accident, as history shows how easily errors, false alarms, and misjudgments can spiral into catastrophe.

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On August 6, 2025, the world marked the 80th anniversary of the American destruction of Hiroshima. As in decades past, Hiroshima Day served to honor the first victims of atomic warfare and to reaffirm ...

If anything, the widespread lack of comprehension (and so protest) is one big reason nuclear war remains so chillingly possible. A missile is fired during a US and South Korea joint training exercise ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Erin D. Dumbacher is the Stanton nuclear security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The United States has the power and a ...

As a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where I commanded a B-1 bomber squadron and a nuclear mission wing, I have dedicated my career to the study of nuclear weapons and their profound gravity. I ...

He likened to seizure of the Marinera, previously called Bella 1, to "an attack on Russian territory" as it was flying under ...

As Russia threatens atomic attacks on Ukraine and its Western allies, and prototypes a nuclear-armed spacecraft, space powers across Europe are racing to defend against nuclear strikes in orbit.

A retired Russian admiral has claimed Moscow can "destroy Europe" in an ominous warning to the West over its support for Ukraine. The latest nuclear sabre-rattling came as commentators on Russian ...

“At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer nuclear weapons. That era is now over.” That is the chilling opening line of Kathryn ...