For decades, Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been a source of concern for the US and its allies. The fear is that Tehran could eventually build an atomic weapon, an eventuality that Israel views as an existential threat.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi recently sparked a fresh political controversy by warning the BJP that he would “explode a hydrogen bomb, which is bigger than the atom bomb.” Addressing a gathering, he said: “BJP listen carefully, hydrogen bomb is more ...

Japanese men carry a victim of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki in this August 1945 file photo by Japanese photographer Yosuke Yamahata. via REUTERS Eighty years ago, in one of the most consequential understatements of all time, Emperor Hirohito told the people ...

While a jacketed nuclear bomb may not be capable of wreaking destruction on a massive scale, its deployment on a smaller scale could nevertheless prove highly effective.

The US has a total of six unaccounted-for nuclear warheads from 32 documented Broken Arrow accidents - and the detonation of any single one of these warheads could annihilate a city and claim millions

After a mid-air collision off Tybee Island in 1958, the military spent decades dredging the coast for a 7,600-pound nuke. It remains buried in the mud.

Israel struck several nuclear sites in Iran on Friday, hitting uranium and heavy water facilities with no reported radiation leak, as both sides trade fresh threats amid reports of Washington-Tehran talks.