https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-orders-pentagon-begin-testing-nuclear-weapons-immediately-rcna240681
Oct 30, 2025 - Trump said the U.S., which voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, will test "on an equal basis" with other countries.
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nuclear-weapons-tests-comeback-threats
Aug 25, 2025 - Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.
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https://www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-britain-secretly-believes-israel-has-nuclear-weapons-but-wont-admit-it/
May 16, 2023 - Declassified files show Whitehall has long assessed Israel as having an atomic arsenal, contrary to what ministers tell parliament.
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https://secure.ucs.org/a/2024-tell-congress-no-more-nuclear-weapons-testing
The Trump administration could bring back a dangerous relic of the Cold War: explosive nuclear testing. Urge your member of Congress to take a stand against...
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3339370/china-cites-bidens-message-xi-japan-could-build-nuclear-weapons-overnight?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection
Jan 9, 2026 - Beijing releases 30-page report that includes a call for international community to ‘take concrete and strong measures’ against Japan’s nuclear ambitions.
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https://warontherocks.com/episode/thinkingtheunthinkable/42158/neuroscience-and-making-wiser-decisions-about-nuclear-weapons/
Nov 24, 2025 - On this episode of Thinking the Unthinkable, Ankit is joined by neuroscientist Nicholas Wright to examine what the brain can teach us about war, peace,...
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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/estimated-destroyable-area-by-nuclear-weapons-deliverable-in-first-strike
Jan 30, 2024 - Nuclear warheads include those designed for use away from the battlefield, such as against military bases, arms industries, or infrastructure, that could be...
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/04/china-trump-nuclear-weapons-testing-arsenal/
Nov 5, 2025 - Trump’s testing plans revive scrutiny of Beijing’s growing arsenal.
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https://aiimpacts.org/were-nuclear-weapons-cost-effective-explosives/
By Katja Grace, 11 January 2015 Nuclear weapons were radically more powerful per pound than any previous bomb. Their appearance was a massive discontinuity in...
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https://futureoflife.org/focus-area/nuclear/
May 20, 2025 - The risk of nuclear war is as high as ever, and new research reveals the impacts of such a war would be even worse than previously reckoned.
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6389589177112
Feb 19, 2026 - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi discusses the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s urgency on an Iran nuclear deal on ‘The Story.’
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https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-peace-2024/
Nov 19, 2024 - The peace prize 2024 is about the struggle against nuclear weapons. The prize is awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation comprised of survivors of...
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/china-wants-slice-nuclear-weapons-36234273
Nov 12, 2025 - Striking new satellite images of a top-secret military base in China are proof that Xi Jinping wants a 'slice of the nuclear weapons cake', according...
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https://www.medact.org/2025/actions/open-letter-end-the-financing-of-nuclear-weapons/
May 13, 2025 - For the health of people and the planet, the elimination of nuclear weapons and prevention of their use is an urgent priority. Take action! Sign the open...
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https://inkstickmedia.com/cracks-in-the-sin-screen-the-link-between-mormon-tithes-and-nuclear-weapons/
Feb 13, 2025 - Despite a history of opposition to nukes, the LDS Church’s Ensign Peak is a rare faith-based investor holding Northrop Grumman stock.
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https://inews.co.uk/opinion/daily-threat-nuclear-weapons-3998098
Nov 4, 2025 - State military and intelligence agencies are also keeping cyber defenders busy
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https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/israel-doesnt-want-pakistan-to-have-nuclear-weapons/20251112.htm
Nov 12, 2025 - 'If the Trump administration could gain access to the nuclear weapons, they would be satisfied -- at least they could control them.'
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https://www.ibtimes.com/warren-buffett-compares-risks-rapid-rise-ai-those-posed-nuclear-weapons-3795529
Jan 16, 2026 - Warren Buffett has warned that the lack of understanding among AI leaders about the technology's future is dangerous, likening the risks of rapid AI...
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https://disarmament.unoda.org/en/our-work/weapons-mass-destruction/nuclear-weapons/treaty-non-proliferation-nuclear-weapons
The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the...
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https://www.democracynow.org/topics/nuclear_proliferation
Democracy Now! stories, posts and pages that relate to Nuclear Weapons.
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https://fas.org/initiative/nvnw-fellowship/
Feb 3, 2025 - To empower new voices to start their career in nuclear weapons studies, we're pairing emerging leaders with a senior academic or policy expert to co-author a...
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https://thebridgevt.org/press_release/nobel-peace-prize-winner-with-ties-to-vermont-book-calls-for-nuclear-weapons-ban-on-80th-anniversary-of-atomic-bombings/
Jul 28, 2025
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/19/ai-regulation-development-us-china-competition-technology/
Aug 21, 2023 - What was once a diffuse technology is now increasingly controlled by a handful of tech companies. Governments need to catch up.
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/topics/nuclear-weapons-proliferation
Browse our archive of articles and coverage of nuclear weapons and nuclear proliferation, including North Korea’s nuclear program, the possibility of a...
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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/estimated-megatons-of-nuclear-weapons-deliverable-in-first-strike
Jan 30, 2024 - Included are those nuclear warheads designed for use away from the battlefield, such as against military bases, arms industries, or infrastructure, and that...
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https://www.wagingpeace.org/learn-more/nuclear-weapons-and-environment/
Nov 19, 2025 - Nuclear Weapons and the Environment Intersection of Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change The existential threats of nuclear war and climate change pose an...
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https://www.japan.go.jp/kizuna/2022/09/future_without_nuclear_weapons.html
PM Kishida expressed Japan’s strong determination to uphold the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/responses/what-are-chinas-nuclear-weapons
The military value of Beijing’s growing arsenal.
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https://fas.org/publication/kaliningrad/
May 4, 2023 - By Hans M. Kristensen During the past two years, the Russian military has carried out a major renovation of what appears to be an active nuclear weapons...
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nuclear-weapons-testing-explained-video
Jan 6, 2026 - 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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https://www.politico.eu/tag/nuclear-weapons/
Latest politics and policy news on Nuclear weapons
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https://www.snexplores.org/article/nuclear-weapons-tests-radioactive-legacy
Feb 4, 2026 - Decades of aboveground nuclear weapons tests, starting in the 1950s, lightly littered the planet with toxic fallout, which appears to have sickened some people.
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https://www.japan.go.jp/kizuna/2023/05/world_without_nuclear_weapons.html
The second meeting of the Japan-led International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons was held in Tokyo in April 2023.
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https://futureoflife.org/nuclear/the-risk-of-nuclear-weapons/
Sep 12, 2023 - The Cold War ended decades ago, but humanity still has over 14,400 nuclear weapons, risking proliferation, terrorism, and accidental nuclear war.
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https://warontherocks.com/episode/thinkingtheunthinkable/36577/what-would-constitute-nuclear-use-the-state-of-tactical-nuclear-weapons-today/
Nov 17, 2025 - Andrew Facini joins Ankit to hash out the various scenarios that could constitute the use of tactical nuclear weapons in today's world. The pair...
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https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2025/06/19/how-close-is-iran-to-nuclear-weapons_6742494_8.html
Israel has bombed strategic sites in Iran, which it said could soon produce a nuclear weapon. Tehran had announced it was increasing its production of enriched...
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https://www.pcmag.com/news/worlds-fastest-supercomputer-el-capitan-lawrence-livermore-nuclear-amd?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=A
Jan 10, 2025 - We go inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for a rare look at the El Capitan supercomputer, which is slated to begin nuclear weapons research in March.
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https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-weapons-risk
The consequences of nuclear war would be devastating. Much more should – and can – be done to reduce the risk that humanity will ever fight such a war
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/13/north-korea-test-fires-two-long-range-cruise-missiles
Oct 13, 2022 - State media says the tests were supervised by Kim Jong Un who has made acquiring tactical nuclear weapons a priority.
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https://www.sciencespo.fr/fr/evenements/two-bombs-one-satellite-chinese-nuclear-weapons-commemoration/
This event is organized as a part of the Nuclear Knowledges Seminar : Nicola Leveringhaus presents her work on Chinese Nuclear commemoration, examining the...
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https://cnduk.org/campaigns/nurses-not-nukes/scrap-britains-nuclear-weapons/
Apr 17, 2025 - Britain has four nuclear-armed submarines, one of which is constantly patrolling the seas. Just one submarine’s destructive power could kill over 64 million...
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https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/the-us-misplaced-these-nuclear-weapons/
May 22, 2025 - Of all things to lose track of, billion-dollar weapons of mass destruction should be high on the list.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/nuclear-weapons-opposition-poll/
The survey found that 62.6% of respondents do not agree with a senior government official who last month said Japan should possess nuclear weapons.
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https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-testing-order/313382ba-b47b-4a27-be10-9cc8782b3b97
Oct 30, 2025 - Days after Russia tested two so-called nuclear "super weapons", Donald Trump has ordered the United States ...
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https://nbmediacoop.org/2025/10/15/poster-exhibit-remembers-the-two-japanese-cities-devastated-by-nuclear-weapons/
Oct 15, 2025 - An expo titled “80 Years of the Nuclear Age: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki” opened on Oct. 3 at the Fredericton
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https://theweek.com/defence/the-history-of-us-nuclear-weapons-on-uk-soil
Deployment has led to decade-long protests and dangerous mishaps
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/09/new-start-nuclear-arms-control-us-russia-treaty-negotiations/
Feb 11, 2026 - Without the treaty, nuclear forces will become hard to verify and harder to trust.
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https://physicsworld.com/a/destroyers-of-the-world-the-physicists-who-built-nuclear-weapons/
Oct 2, 2025 - Andrew Robinson reviews Destroyer of Worlds: the Deep History of the Nuclear Age 1895–1965 by Frank Close
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https://www.medact.org/2025/blogs/how-can-we-bring-about-a-world-free-from-nuclear-weapons/
Oct 23, 2025 - Seven billion humans are not going to give up their lives because deterrence theorists have made a certain miscalculation.
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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/warren-buffett-compares-risks-rapid-rise-ai-those-posed-nuclear-weapons-1771163
Jan 16, 2026 - Warren Buffett has warned that the lack of understanding among AI leaders about the technology's future is dangerous, likening the risks of rapid AI...
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https://fas.org/publication/nuclear-weapons-at-chinas-2025-victory-day-parade/
Sep 5, 2025 - This buildup appears to contradict China's obligations under the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and could well stimulate nuclear buildups in the United...
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https://www.livescience.com/what-stops-nuclear-weapons-from-accidentally-detonating
There are a few strategies for keeping nuclear weapons from accidentally detonating, including where and how the nuclear components are stored.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzq2p0yk4o
Oct 30, 2025 - It is necessary for the US to keep pace with weapons programmes in China and Russia, the president says.
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https://inews.co.uk/opinion/nuclear-weapon-no-longer-enough-keep-us-safe-4062029
Dec 12, 2025 - Without a spectrum of nuclear choices and clarity of resolve, our deterrence risks becoming a bluff
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https://www.wionews.com/videos/reports-suggest-iran-s-quiet-move-towards-nuclear-weapons-1766765946368
Dec 26, 2025 - Recent reports from intelligence agencies and think tanks suggest that while Iran has not made a political decision to build a nuclear weapon, it is making...
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https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-releases-evidence-claiming-chinas-nuclear-test
Feb 18, 2026 - The US claims China may have conducted a secret nuclear test in 2020, citing seismic data from Kazakhstan.
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nuclear-weapons-test-monitoring
Nov 10, 2025 - President Trump has argued the U.S. should test nuclear weapons because other countries are doing it. But scientific data suggest they’re not.
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https://www.medact.org/project/nuclear-weapons/
Sep 5, 2025 - Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, indiscriminate, and inhumane instruments of mass murder ever created. Their use – and even their possession –...
nuclear weapons
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/japan-nuclear-weapons-china-deterrence-us-alliance-north-korea-geopolitics/
Nov 26, 2025 - Rapid geopolitical change requires an urgent debate in Japan.
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https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-weapons
How many states have nuclear weapons, and how many warheads do they have? How is this changing over time? Explore research and data on nuclear weapons.
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https://www.satellitetoday.com/podcast/2024/03/05/nuclear-weapons-in-space-behind-the-headlines-with-brian-weeden/
Mar 5, 2024 - A few weeks ago, space security issues took center-stage in the news after reports of a nuclear satellite weapon.
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https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/nov/03/trump-60-minutes-shutdown-deportation-ICE-nuclear/
Grocery prices, ICE raids, nuclear weapons: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview
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https://stewartsmith.io/talks/nukes-for-dummies
A certain aerospace company was interested in hiring me as their Head of Customer Experience Design—and I was delighted. The final piece of the interview...
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https://www.newsweek.com/china-statement-nuclear-weapons-tests-11118454
Nov 27, 2025 - China said its nuclear capabilities are maintained at the minimum level required for national security.
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https://thebulletin.org/premium/2025-03/chinese-nuclear-weapons-2025/
May 13, 2025 - The modernization of China’s nuclear arsenal has both accelerated and expanded in recent years. We estimate that China now possesses approximately 600 nuclear...
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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/nuclear-weapons-by-country
Jan 9, 2026 - Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.
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https://www.twz.com/nuclear/how-long-it-will-take-russia-to-resume-nuclear-detonation-tests-experts-weigh-in
Nov 5, 2025 - After Trump's comments, Putin ordered his top officials to provide proposals on how to restart Russia's live nuclear weapons testing program.
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https://san.com/cc/agency-safeguarding-us-nuclear-weapons-to-furlough-most-workers/
Oct 20, 2025 - The federal agency responsible for managing the U.S. nuclear stockpile is expected to furlough the vast majority of its staff.
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https://www.twz.com/nuclear/experts-explain-how-reviving-nuclear-weapons-tests-would-actually-happen
Oct 30, 2025 - While it remains unclear exactly what Trump meant by "testing our nuclear weapons," we got expert opinions on the timelines and processes required to...
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https://www.japan.go.jp/kizuna/2023/09/world_without_nuclear_weapons.html
Japan has played a leading role in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation as the only country to have suffered from atomic bombing during war.
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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-nuclear-weapons
Jan 9, 2026 - Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.
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https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/us-nuclear-weapons-stockpile
One of NNSA’s core missions is to ensure the U.S. maintains a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear stockpile.
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https://www.slashgear.com/2054026/united-states-lost-nuclear-weapons/
Dec 21, 2025 - A "Broken Arrow" is the term that the military uses for when it loses a nuclear weapon, and yes it has happened often enough that they have a term...
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https://international.thenewslens.com/article/187016
Jun 7, 2024 - China opposes the deployment of nuclear weapons in South Korea, citing risks to regional security and stability.
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