In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S.

China is estimated to have more than 600 nuclear warheads, a figure the U.S. predicts will exceed 1,000 by the end of the ...

China has probably loaded more than 100 of its nuclear-armed solid-fueled DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) into three silo fields near its border with Mongolia, a new draft Pentagon ...

The country’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed, but its missiles may be poised to strike back fast in case of an ...

Prior to his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea on October 30, United States President Donald Trump wrote that he has ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear testing ...

The United States’ impending resumption of nuclear testing after more than three decades is being touted by President Donald Trump as a method to challenge adversaries. Nuclear experts question the ...

China's Foreign Ministry has fired a warning shot after a senior Japanese official suggested Tokyo should reconsider its nearly eight-decade ban on nuclear weapons in light of the worsening regional ...

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators representing states that bore the brunt of the fallout from explosive nuclear weapons testing are seeking to pass legislation that would bar President Donald Trump ...

Hours before meeting President Xi Jinping of China on Thursday, President Trump made a confounding proclamation: He wanted the Pentagon to “start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis” with ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Erin D. Dumbacher is Stanton nuclear security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. President Donald Trump ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

Trump's announcement sparked quick replies from Russia and China, which both possess large stockpiles of nuclear weapons ISSEI KATO/POOL/AFP via Getty President Donald Trump announced this week that ...