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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the capabilities of the ...

"We've halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it's appropriate to do so," the president told reporters aboard Air Force One. Experts say that the resumption of testing would be a ...

Significant activity on Russia's Novaya Zemlya archipelago indicates an impending test of the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, known as Skyfall by NATO. The Burevestnik, a complex system ...

Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with ...

Amid the speculation that Russia might restart the test of nuclear weapons, the Kremlin defended a reported ballistic missile test by North Korea on Friday (Nov 7). South Korea imposed the allegation ...

President Trump's comments about restarting weapons tests are not likely to lead to mushroom-cloud explosions over the New Mexico desert or seismic shaking underground in Nevada, according to the ...

MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Lemeyo Abon learned about snow from the movies played on projectors by visiting American sailors. But living on Rongelap — a remote tropical atoll in the central Pacific ...

Coming soon: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s acquisition reform. Three days before his scheduled address to defense CEOs and acquisition officials, Valerie Insinna of Breaking Defense obtained what ...

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...

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 ...

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 ...